170 THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY ; OR, 



do not think that the foreigner, after geologizing in my com- 

 pany, would have had any very vehement desire, in the event 

 of a war, to cut me down, or to knock me on the head. I 

 am afraid this chapter would require a long apology, and for 

 a long apology space is wanting. But there will be no ego- 

 tism, and much geology, in my next. 



