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Creator. Many were the disputes on these subjects. But 
now a different feeling prevailed. It was now the universal 
impression that, by a patient accumulation of facts, by ob- 
serving and recording what they saw, without endeavouring 
to account for how these things came to pass, by aiming to 
state things in the clearest manner, they could alone 
expect to arise to any considerable improvement in Greology. 
The construction of models of this kind would enable persons 
at once to understand the details of a district of which they 
viewed the representation. Interesting as were the papers 
they had listened to in the morning, no ordinary plans and 
sections could enable a person, without considerable time 
and attention, fully to comprehend them. But if a model 
had been exhibited, they would have been far better under- 
stood. Suppose that here and there an hiatus had occurred, 
yet if, with respect to a number of particular points, they 
had certain information, then such a model would be a very 
great means indeed of enabling persons, at one glance, to 
understand the general relations of the strata ; and it was 
probable that persons who had travelled in the district, and 
observed the strata in different situations, might be able to 
make valuable suggestions, which might not occur to those 
whose time and attention had been chiefly occupied with the 
details of one particular district. Hence, he conceived that 
the construction of models of interesting geological districts 
was a subject so important, that he hoped it would engage 
the attention of all societies formed for the promotion of 
( geological objects. He should be happy to answer any in- 
quiries which gentlemen present might suggest, and to give 
all the information in his power on the subject, now or at 
any future time. In answer to a question, Mr. Sop with 
stated that the surface of the model was formed on the scale 
of five inches to a mile ; but the vertical scale was enlarged 
in the proportion of three to one, which gave a tolerably 
