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P.W' THE ^XlUS, 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 5d 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



EDITED BY 



THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curse sit non tantum inventis hserere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora 

 penetrare ; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere naturam vincere ; denique non belle et probabiliter 

 opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire ; tales, tanquam veri scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant. 

 — Novum Organum, Preefatio. 



VOLUME THE THIRTY-FOURTH. 



LONDON : "~" ~~ 



LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER. 



PARIS: FRIED. KLINCKSIECK, 11 RUE DE LILLE; F. SAVY, 24 RUE HAUTEFEUILLE. 

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MDCCCLXXVIII. 



