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ON THE HIGHLANDS 



generalized the practical maxims of every miner, 

 with regard to the position and connection of the 

 minerals on which he is employed, by applying, 

 with the most consummate skill, similar observa- 

 tions to the great masses which compose the crust 

 of the earth " It is to Werner," says Mr Daubuis- 

 son *, " that this branch of our knowledge almost 

 " entirely owes its existence ; and it insures him a 

 " distinguished rank among the men of genius, 

 u who have advanced the science of nature." 



* Annates de Chimie, torn. 6$*p. 227. 



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