TO 
CHARLES LYELL, Esq, F.R.S, 
THIS SECOND EDITION IS DEDICATED WITH GRATEFUL PLEASURE, AS AN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE CHIEF PART OF WHATEVER SCIENTIFIC 
MERIT THIS JOURNAL AND THE OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR 
MAY POSSESS, HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM STUDYING THE WELL-KNOWN 
AND ADMIRABLE 
PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY 
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JUL 8 l? n ’ ) 
