asa OUTLINES OF FIELD-GEOLOGY PA. 



logy as an b pursuit afford* an admiiable training 



in habits of observation, furnishes a delightful relict 

 the cares and routine <>: \ hie, ukcs n> into the 



open fields and tbc free fresh face of nature, leads us 

 into all manner of sequestered nooks, whither hardly 

 any other occupation or interest would be likely t< 

 us, sets before us problems of the highest intei 

 ing the history of the ground beneath our feet, and thus 

 a new charm to scenery which may be already 

 replete with attractions. Even, th Mould the 



reader never write a single sentence of geological de- 

 scription, nor venture to put one geological line upon 

 a map, he may gain from the prosecution of field- 

 geology many a happy and profitable hour, alike in the 

 country into which the pursuit leads him, and in his own 

 home with quiet reflection on what he has seen and done 

 in the field 



