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that he determined to devote himself 1o a scientific career. Whilst a 
student, plants and animals seemed equally to attract his attention. It 
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Whilst a student in Edinburgh he acquired a remarkable ascendancy 
€nabled to point out the great law, that as there were zones of animal 
and vegetable life in altitude on the sides of the mountains that covered 
Pleces, all from his own pencil. i ’ 
_ When, subsequently, he became a geologist, and one taking rank 
With the most distinguished, it was his practical acquaintance with the 
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