138 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 



It 



req 



not only a careful examination of 



particular inll 



b 



comprehenfive views 



of the whole phenomena of geology ; the 

 parifon of things very remote with 

 ther ; the interpretation « 



one ano- 



lu 



d 



f the ohjcure by the 

 doubtful by the dedjive ap- 



pearances. The geologift muft not content h 



examining the infulated fpecimen 



'ith purfuing the nice fubtle 



felf wi 

 his cab 



of min 



f 



ogical 



the relations of foflil 



mt ; he muft ftudj 



they adually exift- 



he muft follow nature into her wildeft and moft 



(^, for the 



)ints, from 



her works 



ITible abod 



d muft 



s 



f 



which th 



obfervations, thofe p 

 riety and gradation of 



be moft extenfively and accurately explored 



exaf^ and comprehenfive fur 



Without fuch an 



vey, his mind will hardly be prepared to 



the true theory of the earth 



(h 



VIS 



que 



ijejias omnibus 



Ji quis modo partes atq 



Natur. 

 is fide 



animo 



# " 



totam co7?ip]e£latur 



IS as 



134. If indeed this theory of the earth 

 well founded as we fuppofe it to be, the lapfe 

 of time muft neceflarily remove all objedions to 

 it, and the progrefs of fcience will only develops 

 its evidence more fully. As it ftands at pre- 



feiit^ 



* Plin. Hifl. Nat. lib. vii, cap. i 



I 



