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Such an uniformity of direction on the great 

 scale, it would seem, could have resulted only 

 from the action of powers in nature, which are 

 quiet and regular in their operation ; and must be 

 referred to some original law, which later dis- 

 coveries render it probable, will be found to de- 

 pend on the constitution of the terraqueous globe 

 with regard to magnetism and electricity. In this 

 interesting point of view, the observation con- 

 cerning the strata of the Highland mountains, 

 was first made by my friend Professor Jameson, 

 to whom the study of mineralogy in this country 

 is so much indebted. 



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IV. One remark more will not, I hope, be un- 

 acceptable in this Society. It relates to the sa~ 

 tisfaction in surveying a country, afforded by the 

 principles of the Geognosy. Compared, indeed, 

 with every other mode hitherto proposed of view- 

 ing the mineral mass of the earth, the superiority 

 of Werner's system can hardly , I thirik^ be appre- 

 ciated in its full value. 



