230 Dr. Daubeny on ihe Geology of Sicily. 
Art. V1.—Sketch of the Geology of Sicily. By Cwarzes 
Davpeny, M. D. F. R. S. Professor of Chemistry in the 
University of Oxford.* Read at the Bristol Philosophical 
Institution, April 14, 1825. Witha Map. 
In submitting the following brief outline of the geology of 
Sicily, I wish it to be understood that my principal objects are, 
ist, To afford an explanation of the suit of specimens from 
that country, which I lately presented to the institution ; and, 
Qdly, To supply such hints, with regard to the general bear- 
ings of the strata, as may facilitate the inquiries of other tra- 
vellers, who, with similar views to my own, may chance 
hereafter to visit that island. 
To fulfil the above objects, it seemed to me more advisable 
that the information I had collected should appear at once, 
even in its present imperfect form, than that it should be kept 
back until opportunities occurred of verifying and extending 
it; for, although, ona country already minutely explored, 
there might be no excuse for publishing hasty or imperfect 
statements, yet, when the ground we are upon, is, in a man- 
ner, new and untrodden, the most general and superficial 
observations may often be worth recording. 
Such, at least, was my own feeling when I set out on my 
tour round the island; and this feeling was confirmed after 
having completed it, when, on reviewing what I had done, I 
reflected on the time that would have been saved, or applied 
to more effectual purpose, had ] been previously directed to 
those points in the physical structure of the country, best de- 
serving of investigation. 
In the hope, then, that as the field of geological inquiry 
nearer home becomes exhausted, the scientific traveller will 
extend his views to this interesting Island, I submit to the 
Society the following remarks, persuaded that they will fur- 
nish the best corrective for any errors they may contain, by 
affording to others the means of detecting them. 
* From the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 
