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THE GEOLOGIST. 
Hematite-oees.— "Sir,— Will you be good enough to inform me in youi- next 
whether any work has been published on Hematite ores ; and their whereabouts, 
especially whether they occur at the base of the conglomerate.— Yoiu-s obediently' 
11. r. Lascelles Jennee, Wenvoe." 
MiNEBAi Ykins. — " Sir, — "Will either you or any of your con-espondents have 
the kindness to inform me, why mineral veins, in general, contam more iron in 
limestone than in siliceous strata ? — Yours, J. C." 
Geoioot of Hunti>-gdoi«-shire.— " Deae Sie,— Will you please to tell me 
whether the geology of this county has ever been published, and if I can get a 
map of it, correctly coloured according to its geology. I think it would add 
greatly to the value of the Geologist if a short and clear account of the geology 
of each county appeared in it from time to time. — Yoxu-s &c., R. A. C, .St. Ives, 
Huntingdon." 
Geology of Beidpoet, ie.—" Sie,— Could you fovour me in your next 
number with the names of any good spots -svithln walking distance of Bridpoi-t, 
Wej-mouth, Christchurch, or Cliichester for obtaining characteristic fossils and 
observing the structm-e of the country. Are there any "geological desiderata" 
in these neighbourhoods to which attention should be more particularly directed ? 
A Student, Hampstead." 
OcEANisTic Theorv-, &c. — Mr. .Tohn Curry, Boltsburn, Darlington. — We are 
much obliged for Mr. Curry's communication an 1 his statement of the " Oceanistic 
Theory," but at present decline to publish it, as we should not be disposed to find 
room for the discussion which would necessarily follow. 
Amateur Geologist's Association.— The Editor of the Geologist has received 
letters for Mr. Hcyward, but canuot forward them, not knowing that gentleman's 
address. 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION MEETING. 
The 28th meeting of the British Association commenced at Leeds on the 22nd 
ult., under the presidency of Professor Owen, and has been attended by 
even a larger number of MfflJis than arc usually present at these gatherings. The 
president's address is far too lengthy for insertion in full, but its interest is 
such that we give an abstract of its principal topics. He commenced by referring 
to the capacity God had given to man to discover and comprehend the law by 
which his universe is govt;rned, and man impelled by a healthy and natural 
impulse to exercise the faculties by which that knowledge can be acquired ; and 
thus the most important inductive researches, so far from being the wilful soar- 
ings of speculative philosophy into almost forbidden mysteries, are commonly 
the observations of men so placed by circumstances as to have the work 
of investigation allotted to them as part of their daily duties. Great and mar- 
vellous have been the results of such philosophical investigations, not only in 
respect to the shape, motions, and solar relations of the earth, but also of its age 
and its inliabitants. The mind strains to gi-asp the sum of past time in the age 
of our globe, with an effort like that by which it tries to realize the space dividing 
its orbit from the fixed stars and ncbuhe. Yet during all those eras which have 
passed since the Cambrian rocks were deposited, beai-iug the earliest recognized 
stamp of created life, it has been manifested through the interpreters of the 
" writings on stone,'' that the earth was vivified by the sun's light and heat, fer- 
tilized by refreshing showers, and washed by tidal waves. 
At no period has the gift of life been monopolized by a few contemporary indi- 
viduals through a stagnant sameness of untold time ; but it has been handed over 
from generation to generation, and successively enjoyed by the myriads that con- 
stitute the species. Through death the individual enjoys all the varying phases 
of life ; and not only individuals but species perish. Still, as death is balanced by 
