basalt and trap. 
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I shows how closely the results of 
hnfL action are connected, 
anrl ^ ^ phenomena of basaltic formations, 
trrppn^f^” eruptions of 
intr * syenite, and granite. The 
stroirfi"^!! irregular beds of un- 
^ matter, into rocks, of every 
W all proceeding upwards 
rom an unknown depth, and often accumulated 
into vas masses overlying the surface of strati- 
globe''''^^’ phenomena coextensive with the 
Throughout all these operations, however tur- 
bulent and apparently irregular, we see ultimate 
P oofs of method and design, evinced by the 
whichT ^ matter and motion, 
mechantT/''"' 
have bee^ effects 
"e If view the. aggre- 
from bp. !; ? elevation of land 
forces ass^^ ^ ^ volcanic 
r„„^r 
the Da<it . causes M’lnch have influenced 
globe • r condition of the 
bated \ts T ^ “'dividual movement has contri- 
ducttf of con- 
able nU materials of an uninhabit- 
and of successions of change 
^ convulsive movements, to a tranquil state 
