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WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
SMITH S MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1815. 
Smith's great work, of course, was his wonderful large map of 
England and Wales, projected in 1801, but not finally published until 
fourteen years later. This delay certainly resulted in there being much 
more detail upon it. No fewer than 20 different colours are used in 
the map, in addition to which three uncoloured spaces occur in the 
legend. 
The map measures 6 feet by 8| feet and the scale is five statute 
miles to an inch. It includes England, Wales, and that part of Scot- 
land occurring below a line drawn from the Forth of Tay westward. 
The inscription reads • — 
" A / Delineation / of the / Strata / of / England and 
Wales, / with part of / Scotland ; / exhibiting / The Collier- 
ies AND Mines, / the Marshes and Fen Lands originally 
OVERFLOWED BY THE SeA, / AND THE / VARIETIES OF SoiL / ACCORD- 
ING TO THE Variations in the Substrata, / Illustrated by the 
MOST descriptive NAMES / BY W. SmITH. / To THE KiGHT 
HoNBLE. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., P.R.S. / This Map is by 
Permission most respectfully dedicated / by his much 
obliged Servant, / W. Smith, Augst. 1, 1815." 
The imprint reads : " Published by J. Gary, 181 Strand, London ; 
August 1st, 1815.^' 
Opposite the Humber Mouth, on the area occupied by the North 
Sea, is a " Sketch of the Succession of Strata and their relative Alti- 
tudes." * And my copy contains the signature in ink, " Wm. Smith — 
a, 32 " in Smith's own handwriting ! 
Measurements in feet of the greatest heights are given. The 
mountainous tract, with Snowdon, Scai'ell, Skiddaw, etc., is coloured 
and shown as " Killas and Slate,'' with patches of " Granite." Next 
in the " Vale of Wye " the " Red and Dunstone,'' and " Limestone.'' 
Still coming south-east, are the " Coalmeasures," the highest joint of 
which is shown as Crossfell ; there is another bed of " Limestone,'* 
and then, in the " Vale of Severn," " Red Marl," " Lias " and 
Blue Marl." Next is a band, coloured red, not lettered, but evidently 
* An outline of this is given on Plate XVI., Fig. 3 
