104 THE LAND-MAUKS OF 



has not stood the test of an impartial investiga- 

 tion ; and it seems difficult to understand, 

 granting them honesty of purpose and common- 

 sense, how they could have arrived at conclusions 

 so diametrically opposed to facts. 



" I am not at liberty to enter more fully into 

 an account of the theories, &c., of the more 

 recent experimenters, as I should be anticipating 

 the report of the Commission appointed by 

 Government, of which I am a member. I hope, 

 however, that this humble attempt to put into 

 a concise form all the available literature of the 

 subject, will be a means of saving future investi- 

 gators from falling into the very common error 

 of advocating and expounding exploded theories, 

 and perpetuating exposed fallacies." 



