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away, at the foot of those mountains by those dreadful 

 torrents. These rocks not only prevail in numerous 

 places at the foot of the mountains on the side of 

 France, but also on that of Spain. 



Blocks of granite are found in the beds of some of 

 the rivers, in the north west part of Yorkshire, and in 

 the clay pits in Lancashire and Cheshire, at a great 

 distance from any granitic mountain.* 



In the Baltic are a number of islands formed by 

 alluvion, and in which are masses of primordial rocks 

 of granite, brought, no doubt, by ice which was 

 driven by the currents and lodged upon these is- 

 lands. 



" The Danish islands in the Archipelago are Fu- 

 nen, Zeeland, and some small islands in the Kategate, 

 named Lenoe, Anholt, and Samsoe. These are prin- 

 cipally composed of zeest, or alluvion, and in these 

 are found gravel and blocks of granite. v f 



" Fanoe, Rom, Sylt, and Amrom, were originally 

 islands of the same nature as the neighbouring conti- 

 nent, but have been since extended by marshes or al- 

 luvion. These islands also contain gravel and blocks 

 of primordial stones. "J 



" The shallow bottom between the island of Sylt^ 

 and that of Fora, is alluvial, and there are found on it 

 gravel and blocks of granite, 



* See Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, page 80. 



t See Jameson's Notes on Cuvier, page 202, J Page 204. 



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