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of these rocks with the joint-planes of Cornwall granite, Donegal 

 granite, the carboniferous limestone of co. Fermanagh, and the 

 granite and slate of Mourne. Daubree has likewise expended infi- 

 nite pains on the subject of joint-planes. 



Haughton's book entitled ' Lectures on Physical Geography ' gives 

 some idea of his marvellous grasp of facts, and of his many-sidedness. 

 His ' Manual of Geology ' is also in many respects a remarkable book. 

 The chapter on " Symmetry " is specially characteristic of the writer. 

 Those who read the closing chapter of that book, and who cannot 

 accept the opinions he expresses regarding Darwinism, will at least 

 respect the deep and sincere feeling which caused him to reject the 

 Darwinian philosophy as being opposed to his religious views. 



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William Francis Drummoxd Jervois was born at Cowes on the 

 10th September, 1821. In February, 1837, he joined the Royal 

 Military Academy, Woolwich, and two years later obtained his com- 

 mission in the Royal Engineers. After passing through the School 

 of Military Engineering at Chatham, over which Sir Charles Pasley 

 then presided, he' sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. Here he was 

 soon actively employed. When only twenty-one he was appointed 

 Brigade-Major to a force sent to the Orange River to control the 

 movements of the Boers ; and in 1846-7 he took part in an expedi- 

 tion against the Kaffirs. On the latter occasion he made, under 

 circumstances of considerable difficulty, a military sketch of British 

 Kaffraria which was of great use in subsequent wars. Thirty years 

 later it was the only map of the district, possessing any pretensions 

 to accuracy, which the general commanding could find for his 

 guidance. In 1848 Captain Jervois returned to England with a 

 special recommendation from the Goveimor to Lord Raglan as an 

 active, able officer who could "afford every information on all military 

 and geographical points" connected with the colony. 



The Duke of Wellington had always held strong views with regard 

 to the military importance of Alderney, and, in 1852, it was decided 

 to protect the harbour of refuge, then in course of construction, by 

 strong fortifications. This duty was entrusted to Captain Jervois, 

 who designed the works and superintended their construction. Sir 

 W. Jervois maintained to the last that Alderney was still a place of 

 importance in the defence of England, but other views prevailed, and 

 the forts he constructed are now in ruins. 



In 1855 Major Jervois was transferred to London and served on 

 Lord Monk's Committee on Barrack Accommodation. The following 

 year he was appointed Assistant Inspector-General of Fortifications, 

 and with characteristic energy at once took up the question of the 

 defence of our dockyards. He studied the ground at Portsmouth 



