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proceed from parts of the submarine forest, re- 

 cently observed on the coast of Lincolnshire : 

 or, as it is very light, may be brought by the 

 sea from a great distance. 



The fifth subspecies, Defoliated or laminar, is 

 found in the Electorate of Saxony, and in Sile- 

 sia; but it may certainly be observed in almost 

 every coal pit, as in fact almost all coal may be 

 said to be slaty ; nay, Werner has arranged it 

 himself under that subdivision. The last, and 

 very important subspecies, is coarse coal, which, 

 forsooth, has been found in the coal works near 

 Dresden ! It is too well known to many of my 

 readers, and rather too abundant on the London 

 wharfs. By such sagacious subdivisions, an im- 

 pure gold must be regarded as a different metal. 



It may, perhaps, be satisfactory to complete 

 this brief view of Werner's coal, which, like the 

 magical mirror of Dr. Dee, formed of cannel 

 coal, represents spirits and species of all kinds 

 and dimensions, with some account of his other 

 division, that of brown coal, which contains five Brown coal. 

 subspecies. 1. Bituminous wood; 2. Earth coal; 

 3. Alum earth; 4. Common brown coal; and 

 5. Moor coal. 



The first is an important and widely diffused 

 substance which may be said to form rocks, or 



