THE GEOLOGIST. 



Geologv properly represented, who desire to see eiToneous 

 notions regarding it eradicated, and correct ones established, 

 who are anxious that it should hold the place in popular 

 estimation which is its due, to come foi-ward and exert them- 

 selves in ensuring the success of The Geologist; to help to 

 make it valuable by furnishing contiibutions carefully selected 

 from the stores of their knowledge; and to provide it with the 

 sinews of war, \\ithout which no undertaking can succeed, by 

 procuring for it as many subscribers as they can. If our Mends 

 will give us a good start we guai'autee to run the race weU ; we 

 are not ^^ithout friends akeady ; we have good Mends. 



"Our plot is a good plot as ever was laid; our Mends ti'ue and 

 " constant : a good plot, good Mends, and fuU of expectation : an 

 " excellent plot, very good friends." * 



We take this opportunity of thanldng them, each and all, for their 

 exertions in our behalf. For theii- sake as well as our own we ardently 

 desii-e success. But though we have many good friends and true, 

 we can find room for more ; we cannot have too many ; we want them 

 everywhere. In every comer of the country where a labourer in 

 the Geological field is to be found, there exists a man who has it 

 in his power to uphold The Geologist, and by uj^holding it, to 

 faster Science. Again we say give help; — make our magazine 

 known; — encourage and recommend it. We do not expect to 

 perfect our plan all at once ; we come forth like an insect 

 emerging from its chrysalis case ; — presently we shall gain our full 

 powers; — one limb after another will unfold itself, and soon we 

 shall spread our wings for vigorous flight. We shall stu- up a 

 taste for Geology, and add to the number of its votaries; — we 

 shall create readers, — learners, — workers. In this design we ai'e not 

 trenching upon the provmce of periodicals already established. 

 It is to be borne in mind, that they ai'e for the most part teclinical, 

 abstruse and intelligible only to the well-read man of Science ; — 

 they are intended for his use, and fulfil then' intention admirably. 

 Our work, however, is popular; — our pages are to contam such 

 things as beginners ctui comprehend ; — oui* aim is to beget 

 students, and to supply material for them to work with. We ai'e 

 not attoinpthig to compete with existing magazines; we hope to 



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