478 NEWEST FLOETZ-TRAP OF EAST LOTHIAN* 



contortions, dislocations, and indurations, would 

 present themselves at every step. But what is 

 the fact ? The arrangement of the strata is per- 

 fectly undisturbed, and not more than three or 

 four dikes are to be seen in the whole country. 



As to the appearances of the walls of veins, I 

 am enabled to assert with confidence, and exem- 

 plify by specimens, that in the whole of my exa- 

 mination, decomposition and disintegration occur 

 much more frequently than induration or com- 

 pactness. 



