338 On the Forts around Boston. 
quarter of the globe which the scriptures declare to have 
been the cradle of the race. 
‘'o American geologists this work has opened a wide field. 
With the clew in our hands which Mr. Buckland has fur- 
nished, the examination of our vast and numerous caves 
examine them. Our diluvium needs also to be limited and 
promises brilliant results to the man who first chances to 
expiored, and our denuded diluvia! valleys ought no longer 
to be neglected. The interesting enquiries before us, that 
seem Capable of determination, are, where the phenome- 
na of our caves, fissures, and diluvium, coincide with those 
in Europe ? what were the character and habits of our 
antediluvian animals ? and whether man existed on this 
continent before the deluge ? 
European geologists, however, must not expect that the 
answers to these enquiries will be sent to them in the 
magnificent style of execution of Mr. Buckland’s works. 
Our geologists, with a few exceptions, are unable to meet 
the expence of fine type, paper and engravings. The same 
cause prevents them from devoting so large a portion of 
their time to geological enquiries as they could wish. 
Better times, however, seem to be dawning among us, and 
geology begins to be fostered in most of our colleges and 
by wealthy individuals. We think the circulation of Mr. 
Buckland’s work would tend to make converts to the sci- 
ence, as much as any thing we have seen; and we con- 
clude with the wish, that it may speedily be republished in 
this country with such a reduction in style as will multiply 
its readers an hundred fold. 
Art. XXX —On the Forts around Boston, which were erect-_ 
ed during the War of Independence ; by J. Fincu, F. B.S., 
&c. 
Every Fort made use of to defend the heroes of the revo- 
lutionary war has acquired a title to the respect, the grati- 
tude, and the veneration of all friends to liberty in every 
part of the world. In future ages, they will enquire where 
the fortifications are, which were thrown up around the 
tewn of Reston, which held a British army besieged dur- 
