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Description of Camptoceras. 



tion of the peristome. The inner lip is also reflected over the imperfect 

 umbilicus, (a part which has no existence in any other species of 

 the Melanianse,) and is not merely a thickened plate, without any 

 denned outer edge, adhering to the previous whorl, but is distinct and 

 prominent, as in adult specimens of the most typical Paludinss. 

 Moradabad. 24th dugust, 1842. 



Rough Notes on the controversy against Geologists, carried 

 on by those who adopt the meaning which was formerly 

 assigned to the first chapter of Genesis. By Andrew 

 Robertson, Medical College, Calcutta. 



The geologist, while aiming at the discovery of truth 

 only in the way in which all the other investigations of 

 science are conducted, and by means of such evidence as 

 can alone lead to sure philosophical inductions, has no little 

 reason to complain of the treatment he has received from 

 those who calling themselves Christian, have yet not dis- 

 played towards him much of the chief Christian grace, that 

 of charity. Though completely ignorant of the state of the 

 science of geology, and of the nature of the facts on which 

 it rests, many of these have not hesitated to lavish on him 

 what is equivalent to the epithets of blasphemer, infidel, 

 and child of perdition. In numerous instances this igno- 

 rance has been traced to a wilful cause, for it is known that 

 such have turned away from excellent opportunities of 

 making themselves acquainted with the works of the God 

 of nature, as if these could irresistibly induce conclusions 

 contrary to the dicta of the God of revelation. But as 

 ignorance is not now held to be the parent of devotion, 

 such censurers, if they wish that the weight and respectability 

 which may be attached to their opinions on matters in 

 which they are conversant should be retained on geological 

 subjects, must maintain their ascendancy by acquiring some 

 knowledge of such studies themselves, not by denouncing 

 those who are possessed of it. 



