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ILLtrSTRATIONS OF THE 



ward through 



are often found in this man 



Large mafles of vock 



fulated 



completely 



one of thefe, which M. de Luc 



h 



defcribed with great 

 vafl: fearment of a mm 



6. The immenfe 



acy, is no lefs 



D 



r^ 



panied the formation of mi 



h has accom 



parti 



cularlj marked by the flips and fhifts of the lira 

 ta on each fide of them, all tending to Ihow 

 what mighty changes have taken place in thofe 



gination erroneoufly 



region 



hich 



our 



pamts as the abode of everlafting filence and 



s fhifting of the ftrata is bell obfer 



reft 



Th 



ved, wh 

 of beds 



the veins make a 



anfverfe fed 



f rock, confiderably inclined to the 



horizon. Th 

 on one fide 



it is 



mon 



of th 



fee the bed 

 vein flipped along from 



the correfponding beds on the other fide, and 

 removed fometimes in a horizontal, fometimes in 



an oblique direction. In th 



the ft 



way, not only 



are fliifted, but veins, which inters 



fed one anoth 



They 



are alfo fhifted themfelves 



are heaved, as it 



d 



m 



the fig 



ficant language of the miners, and forced out 



of thc! 

 cafe, b 



dired 



to C( 



It is impoflible, in fuch 

 d in the mind the formatii 



of 



Phyfig^ues, &;c, torn 



