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observations were primarily connected with the question 

 of soils; while Farey's descriptions in 1811 and 1813 of the 

 Derbyshire Coal Measures and lead mines and of the dis- 

 location of the strata were of practical value. To questions 

 of water-supply Prestwich's attention was specially drawn, 

 and the possible extension of the Coal Measures beneath the 

 South-East of England was maintained as far back as 1855 

 by Godwin Austen, whose geological conclusions have now 

 been verified. 



The energy of geologists still living amongst us does not 

 slacken and the reputation of British workers in this branch 

 of science is well maintained, while the application of the 

 results of geological research to economic purposes is having 

 an ever-increasing stimulus given to it. 



