n. Mineralogical Account of the Isle of Man ^ 

 By J. F. Berger, M.D. M.G.S. 



INTRODUCTION. 



HAT the name of the Isle of Man should be owing to its 

 situation, does not appear at all improbable. Such is the con- 

 jecture of the learned Bishop Wilson in his short but valuable 

 " History of the Isle of Man." 



The appellation of the island, says that respectable prelate, is pro- 

 bably derived from " the Saxon word Mang^ among, as lying almost 

 at an equal distance between the kingdoms of England, Scotland 

 Ireland and Wales." * 



With the exception of the work just mentioned, we scarcely find 

 in the tours that have since been published any information directly 

 bearing on the mineralogy and physical structure of this island till 

 we come to the late publication of Mr. Geo. Woods, where indeed 

 these topics are more fully detailed than is usually the case in gene- 

 ral topographical descriptions, f 



In enlarging upon the same subject, I hope that I shall rot oc- 

 cupy in vain the time and attention of the Geological Society: for 



* Bishop Wilson's Works— Second Edition— Two Vol. fol, Lond. 1782. Vol. I. 

 p. 449. 



f An Account of the Isle of Man, by George Woods, London 1811. 



