SIR CHARLES LYELL, HART. 



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self have been better known to 

 fame." 



In 1834, Lyell paid a visit to 

 Sweden and Denmark, the resnlt of 

 which was a paper of the utmost 

 scientific importance, afterwards read 

 before the Royal Society, "On the 

 Proofs of the Gradual Rising of Land in Certain 

 Parts of Sweden," and another, 

 presented to the Geological Society, 

 " On the Cretaceous and Tertiary 

 Strata of Seeland and Moen." 



In 1837, Lyell again visited 

 Norway and Denmark, and four 



