GEOLOGY 
The following notices on the geological structure of the numerous and 
distant points of the globe visited by Captain Beechey on his late voyage, 
have been selected by Professor Buckland from the notes of Lieutenant 
Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie. 
The paragraphs taken from each are designated respectively by the 
initials of the authors, B. and C. ; the observations of Professor Buckland 
are marked by the letters Ed. 
Each place is described in the order in which it was visited by the 
expedition, excepting in the case of the bones of elephants and other 
quadrupeds discovered in Eschscholtz Bay ; the peculiar and more gene- 
rally interesting nature of this discovery has been considered a sufficient 
reason for noticing it in the Appendix to the First Volume. 
By a most unfortunate accident, the principal series of specimens 
collected on this voyage has been rendered nearly useless, in consequence 
of the destruction of the labels attached to them, by sea-water ; and the 
private collection of Lieutenant Belcher, which he has presented to the 
Geological Society of London, does but partially enable us to supply 
the loss. 
