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being followed, conducted the workmen 
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found on thefe hills are copper, lead, and iron. 
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has been eftablifhed in the vicinity of that town under the 
firm of the Devan company. ‘The vale at the foot of the 
Ochils, on the fouth fide, may be regarded as one vatt field 
of coal, which forms the moft important article among the 
exports of this part of Scotland. 
_ Charles Mackenzie has lately communicated to the 
«¢ Wernerian Natural Hiftory Society,’’ a mineralogical de- 
{cription of thefe hills. The rocks of which they are compofed, 
arranged according to their fituation and relative antiquity, 
the loweft and oldeft being the firft mentioned, and the upper- 
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terities, and fan&ity of demeanour. He contributed fo much 
o extend and improve the order, that by fome writers he 
has been deemed its founder. 
the common people, 
princes, and men of rank. QO gre ame as a 
preacher, that he was invited to difplay his talents in the moft 
celebrated cities of Italy ; and he was cho i 
father confeffor to pope Paul III. 
became acquainted with John Valdes, a Spanifh civilian, who 
had embraced the opinions of Luther, and by him Ochinus 
was converted to the fame faith, and became {fatisfied that 
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to officiate till 1563, when, efpoufing fome doétrines not 
agreeable to the theological fyftem of the Helvetic doctors, 
he was obliged to refign his charge, .and he retired to Baifil, 
from which place he was alfo driven, at the age of 76, and 
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