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of the coast, and Tertiary lake beds are found in Rio de Janeiro, Sao 

 Paulo, and Minas. 



Following the systematic summary of the geologic series represented 

 in Brazil, Branner gives a fuller account of the geology of each province, 

 and with it a bibliography of the works of travel and scientific exploration 

 describing that state. The outline concludes with statements regarding 

 the economic resources and mining laws of Brazil. 



It was not the author's purpose to give a full discussion of the geology 

 of Brazil. He refers, on the contrary, constantly to the original docu- 

 ments upon which he has drawn to supplement his own personal knowl- 

 edge. 



Dr. Branner has, with the aid of the Geological Society of America, 

 made a very important and fundamental contribution to the geology of 

 South America. The Society is to be congratulated upon the service 

 it has thus rendered to science. The author also is to be felicitated, but 

 he has the deeper satisfaction of having achieved the purpose of a lifetime, 

 of having laid the foundations of the geology of Brazil firmly in an exact 

 account of the present state of knowledge. 



Note. — The Outlines of the Geology of Brazil with the geologic map is pub- 

 lished in the usual edition for the use of the Society, in English, and in a Portu- 

 guese edition of 1,000 additional copies. There are also 500 extra copies of the 

 map. It is regrettable that the number of copies of the text and map available 

 to the general public is so limited. 



In many paragraphs the reader will be embarrassed by the lack of any 

 means of identifying the localities named. It was not possible to put all the 

 names or any large part of them on the map. Neither do they all occur on 

 maps contained in the usually available atlases. An index of place names, 

 giving the location by latitude and longitude, would have been of great assist- 

 ance. 



Translations of the quotations which are given in the original languages, 

 notably of the Portuguese, would have helped many readers. 



Bailey Willis 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XII 



The accompanying map is a reduced photograph of the original and, in 

 order to make it legible, numbers have been inserted on the principal areas of 

 the different formations. The following is the hst of formations distinguished: 



13. Quaternary. — Alluvial deposits, stone reefs of the northeast coast, 

 and the sandstones of Fernando de Noronha. 



