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SCIENCE. 



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biologist to trace out the evolution of its in- 

 habitants, or whether with the astronomer, 

 the chemist and the physicist we endeavor 

 to unravel the constitution of the sun and 

 the planets or the genesis of the nebulse and 

 stars which make up the universe, on every 

 side we find ourselves surrounded by mys- 

 teries which await solution. We are only 

 at the beginning of work. 



I have, therefore, full confidence that the 

 future records of the British Association 

 will chronicle a still greater progress than 

 that already achieved, and that the British 



eral lake-like expanses usuallj^ represented 

 as being at the head of some very small 

 stream, I began inquiries concerning them 

 and followed this up bj^ visiting several of 

 the laj'gest. 



Parentheticallj', I may say that Darling- 

 ton is well out on the loose sands and clays 

 of the coastal plain (see Fig. 1), and while 

 the main streams have cut down 30 to 40 

 feet beneath 'the general level of the coun- 

 try, yet their side streamlets are small, and 

 much of the inter-stream surface is poorly 

 dissected and but slightly changed from 



Fig. 1. 3Iap of S. C, showing position o£ Darlington on the coastal plain. 



iiation will maintain its leading position 

 amongst the nations of the world, if it will 

 energeticallj'^ continue its voluntary efforts 

 to promote research, supplemented by that 

 additional help from the Government which 

 ought never to be withheld when a clear 

 case of scientific utility has been estab- 

 lished. 



SOME NOTES ON DARLINGTON {S. C), 'SAYS.' 



Having noted on a surveyor's map of 



my school district of Darlington, S. C, sev- 



the condition in which it was uplifted from 

 sea bottom. This inter-stream surface is 

 very level , the slope being about one foot per 

 mile; the streamlets are weak; and exten- 

 sive systems of ditches are necessary to 

 keep the upland drained for cultivation. 



To the lake-like expanses the term ' bay' 

 is usually applied, and by it is meant a per- 

 fectlj' flat, clayey area with a surface some 

 two to four feet below the general level of 

 the country and varying from a few acres in 

 size to stretches a mile or two long and a 



