DOMAIN VII. COMPOSITE. 



the substantial ranks, here becomes foreign 

 to the object ; and the terms Structure and 

 Aspect, derived from the self-apparent na- 

 ture of the stones themselves, would be- 

 come yet more improper, as by far the 

 greater part of these rocks are even com- 

 pounded of various domains, united in one 

 mass. 



The term DOMAIN has been retained, 



necessary. 



not in its former acceptation, which may 

 strictly imply the preponderance or pre- 

 dominance of a particular earth or sub- 

 stance ; but in a more general sense, 

 equally applicable to all the twelve divi- 

 sions; that is, merely a continuation of 

 the metaphoric language of the Mineral 

 Kingdom, Provinces, and Domains. In 

 this sense it is indeed chiefly used in the 

 first six divisions ; the other implication, of 

 predominance or preponderance, being of 

 a secondary and subsidiary nature, and 

 only a further recommendation of its pro- 

 priety. 



Bat the term Mode implying the che- 

 mical mode of combination, which is even 



