I IN I Ki.I.I . IORV < 



mind, revcr 



uied to ex- .1!)^ . -| 



dcsen ...iue in tin- ia t, th.n the stones of an old 



!.i;il.htu have almost invariably lost their sharp edge, and 

 in many case* are crumbling and honeycombed. Hut he 

 now observes these aspects, and derives fi< study 



another pleasure to be added to . which an in- 



teresting ruin yields to every one. H not) v. ! ..t kinds 

 of stones decay most, on which aspect of the building 

 the weathering is most advanced, and endeavours to 

 ascertain on what circumstances the disintegration seems 

 to have depended. For he recognises that the walls of 

 a l.uilding may be likened ides of a crag or 



precipice, and that in < .nteinj dating the progress of decay 

 in a human c<l not a hale respecting 



the laws which govern the - of the moun- 



. he no doubt began with the common 

 |K)|Hilar belief that the striking : <>f a landscape, 



notably its crags ar -, are to be referred directly 



to the . of earthquakes and of former convi: 



and perhaps with some difficulty he 

 rids himself of the incubus of t Me re- 



fuses any longer to be Ixnind b\ cived theory or 



explanation, hut insists on being allowed to judge of each 

 instance on its own merits and to reason upon it with 

 reference to all its surroundings. 



_; familiarised his eyes with the outward 

 aspect and inner geological relations of his own d: 

 the observer extends his journeys into other regioi 

 carries with him an added power of i -i in every 



country through which he may wander. He finds that 



