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appear to be countenanced by reference to the known effects 

 of igneous agency ; and, lastly, that the situation of strata 

 adjacent to trap-rocks, the supposed connecting link between 

 the granitic rocks and existing volcanic products, is of too 

 intricate and conflicting a nature to be received as positive 

 evidence of such an occurrence. 



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