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was found inclosed in lime stone at Guadaloupe 

 was no doubt a recent formation. 



We thus see, my friend, the wonderful opera- 

 tions of nature. The Zoophytes of the South 

 Sea are gradually encroaching upon the ocean 

 by the erection of islands and reefs, and certainly 

 by the agency of calcareous secretions. The lime 

 stone rivers of the west are trespassing upon the 

 Jakes with a stronger and more commanding pow- 

 er. 



This country is calcareous- — its subsoil is form- 

 ed of marie ; it is the region of salubrity. 



" There are more things in heaven and earth, Koratio, 

 Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." 



Depend upon it, my friend, that we are in A, B, 

 C, of geology and miuerulogy. V^^^ have proceed- 

 ed to these studies like children ai th: lirst ope-iing 

 of their minds. We have learr.t words and names 

 only. These sciences are oppressed and barri- 

 cadoed by a polyglot mysterious nomenclature. 

 They require some mighty gen'us like Bac^n or 

 Newton to dissipate the Cimmerian darkness 

 vrhich hangs over them. 



