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level, and sea-worn columns; and thus the anti- 

 quarian of the earth may be brought into the very 

 middle of the domain belonging to the antiquarian 

 of art. 



Such a union of these different kinds of archaeo- 

 logical investigations has, in fact, repeatedly occur- 

 red. The changes which have taken place in the 

 temple of Jupiter Serapis, near Puzzuoli, are of the 

 sort which have just been described; and this is 

 only one example of a large class of objects ; the 

 monuments of art converted into records of natural 

 events. And on a wider scale, we find Cuvier, in his 

 inquiries into geological changes, bringing together 

 historical and physical evidence. Dr. Prichard, in 

 his Researches into the Physical History of Man 

 has shown that to execute such a design as his, we 

 must combine the knowledge of the physiological 

 laws of nature with the traditions of history and the 

 philosophical comparison of languages. And even 

 if we refuse to admit, as part of the business of 

 geology, inquiries concerning the origin and phy- 

 sical history of the present population of the globe ; 

 still the geologist is compelled to take an interest 

 in such inquiries, in order to understand matters 

 which rigorously belong to his proper domain ; for 

 the ascertained history of the present state of things 

 offers the best means of throwing light upon the 

 causes of past changes. Mr. Lyell quotes Dr. Prich- 

 ard's books more frequently than any geological 

 work of the same extent. 



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