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without any hope of gain, travelled over the whole of Eng- 

 land and Wales, mapping out the rocks and noticing all 

 their peculiarities. In 1799 he published a list or tabular 

 view of the formations with their fossils, and the places 

 where they might be seen in the hills ; and in 1815 he at 

 last succeeded in completing a geological map of England, 

 which has ever since formed the foundation of our British 

 geology, and which remains a lasting monument of what one 

 man may accomplish by patience and indefatigable industry. 

 William Smith fairly earned the title of the * Father of Eng- 

 lish Geologists,* which has ever since been given him, and, 

 with Werner and Hutton, deserves to be remembered as one 

 of the founders of the science of geology. 



Chief Works consulted. — Lyell's 'Principles of Geology;* Lyell's 

 'Student's Elements of Geology;' Page's 'Advanced Text-Book of 

 Geology ;' Hutton's ' Theory of the Earth ;' Fitton's 'Notes on Pro- 

 gre-^s of Geology in England ; ' ' Life of Werner ' — * Naturalists' 

 Library,' vol. xxxix. 



