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MEMOIRS, ^c. 



I. Outlines of the Mineralogy of the Ochil Hills. 



fey Charles Mackenzie, Esq. F.L.S. F. W.S., h Mem- 

 ber of the Geological Society. 



{Bead \Uh November 1812.) 



If the true ends of science be promoted rather 

 by careful observation than by vague hypothesis, 

 the Geognosy of Werner has peculiar claims to 

 admiration. Without the lofty pretensions which 

 constitute the chief distinction of some specula- 

 tions, it has established general principles, which 

 facilitate the labours of the student, and prompt 

 to continued exertion. A system which developes 

 the great laws of nature, and is substantially im- 

 proved by the examination of her works, is of 

 all others the best calculated to promote every 

 science ; and accordingly w^e find, that mineralo- 

 gy has made the most rapid advances wherever 

 this has been fairly adopted. Formerly, minera- 

 logical inquiries produced nothing more than a 

 mere catalogue of localities ; but now many re- 

 lations of individuals have been distinctly deter- 



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