186 IMPORTANCE OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



counteract the false impressions that have gone abroad. 

 I shall endeavour to explain what a good analysis 

 ought to be, and to give some simple methods for 

 chemical examinations. 



The second subject will be geology. This science 

 has been alluded to in passing, and the nature of its 

 connection with agriculture partially explained. I 

 propose here to give more details, and also some 

 illustrations as to the laws which are most important 

 to the practical man. 



