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according facts. — The great facilities for acquiring it afforded in 
our own country. — Inducements to the study of Geology. — A 
view of its application to the purposes of human convenience. — 
Explanation of fii'st principles of the Science, as developed in the 
original investigation around Bath. — Enumeration and description 
of the Strata, illustrated by sections and maps ; and the distinc- 
tion explained between the alluvial and stratified matter. 
LECTURE II. 
" Connection of British Strata with those of adjacent coun- 
tries. 
" Exterior Form of Land, as influenced by the terminations 
of the Strata in the Sea. — Bays, Estuaries, Capes, Cliffs, Low 
Shores, mutability of the Coast. 
" Interior of the Island. — Principal ranges of high and low 
ground, contours of Hills, and characteristic forms of Mountains 
and Valleys, illustrated by drawings. 
LECTURE III. 
" Principles of Natural Drainage. — 1. Summits of Drain- 
age ; 2. Theory of Springs ; 3. Courses of Streams, illustrated by 
reference to particular streams ; 4. Characters of the Streams and 
Valleys in the respective Strata. — Lakes. — Interior Marshes. 
" Sites of Population. — Origin of Towns, Villages, Castles, 
Abbeys, Seats, and Parks, as influenced by advantages arising 
from properties of the Strata. — Picturesque Scenery. — Varieties 
of Soil and their agricultural appropriations. 
" Localities of Plants and Free Animals in the sea and 
on the land. 
LECTURE IV. 
" Strata identified by their imbedded Organised 
Fossils, and other remarkable bodies. — Use and apphcation of 
the organised Fossils, in distingniishing one Stratum from another, 
exemplified by specimens and drawings, and reference to locahties. 
— State of the preservation of Fossils, their relative antiquity, and 
resemblance to recent Shells, Coralhnes, etc. 
