WALKS AND TALKS. 



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KA.CTS; 



OR, THE RECORD GIVEN US TO READ. 



AMONG THE ROCKS. 



I. THE GEOLOGY XT OTLTR. DOORS. 



SURFACE MATERIALS. * 



COME, John and Jennie come, George and Julia -let us 

 have a talk about GEOLOGY. Come, John's mother and 

 aunt come every body that wishes we shall find some of 

 the most delightful things to talk about which any body ever 

 heard of. Now "Geology" may sound like a hard word; 

 and perhaps you have no curiosity to know any thing about 

 it. But do not decide too soon, for if you know nothing 

 about Geology, you can 't know what interest there is in it. 

 Take my word for to-day you will find the subject easy and 

 delightful. 



We shall travel all over the world. We shall climb over 

 mountain-cliffs and descend into deep mines. We shall go 

 down under the sea, and make the acquaintance of creatures 

 that dwell in the dark and slimy abysses. We shall split the 

 solid rocks and find where the gold, the silver, and the iron 

 are hidden. "We shall open the stony tombs of the world's 

 mute populations. We shall plunge through thousands of 

 ages into the past, and shall sit on a pinnacle and see this 



