PRICE ONE SHILLING, 



YOL. I. 



AUGUST, 1858. 



KO.YIII. 



THE GEOLOGIST; 



A POPULAR 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



OF 



GEOLOGY 



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



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

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

 Discourse on Study of Natural Philosophy. 



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