PRICE ONE SHILLING. 



VOL. IV. 



FEBRUARY, 1861. 



No. 38. 



THE GEOLOGIST; 



AN ILLUSTRATED 



POPULAR MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



OF 



GEOLOGY. 



EDITED BY S. J. MACKIE, F.G.S., F.S.A. 



" Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the olbjecta of which it treats, 

 undoubtedly ranks in the scale of the sciences next to Astronomy."- —Herschell : 

 Discourse on Study of Natural Philosophy. 



LONDON 



PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGIST, 

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BAILLIERE, BROTHERS, 400, BROADWAY, NEW YORK ; B. DAWSON & SONS, 



MONTREAL. 



MESSRS. J. B. BAILLIERE ET FILS, RUE HAUTEFEUTLLE, PARIS. 

 C. BAILLY BAILLIERE, CALLE DEL PRINCIPE, MADRID. 



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