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others not so distinguished. Palissy, however, asserts that his 

 wore not once questioned. He repeated his lectures every year, from 1575. 

 with increased success, and in 1580 he published his great work, which was, 

 no doubt, a resume of his public lectures, entitled " Admirable Discourses," 

 &c. (see Fig. 93). 



Fig. 94. The Vegetable Kingdom. Mark of Guillaume Merlin, Bookseller at Paris, in the 

 middle of the Sixteenth Century.-The design of this typographical mark is attributed 

 Jean Cousin. 



It is only since Palissy's time that geology has obtained a recognised 

 place in science. He stated that the petrified fish discovered in the i 

 had been born there at a time when the rocks were only water and mud. 

 whirl, (MMM potriticd ximultni.-ously with tin- fish;" but these views wer 



