beeing put foorth of the Arke, to encrease and multiply, did afterward in time disperse themselues ouer all partes of the continent or maine land, but long after it could not bee before the rauenous wolfe had made his kind nature knowne vnto man, and therefore no man vnlesse hee were mad, would euer transporte of that race for the goodnes of the breed, out of the continent into any Iles: no more then men will euer carry foxes (though they bee lesse damageable) out of our continent into the Ile of Wight. But our Ile as is aforesayd, continuing since the floud fastned by Nature vnto the great continent, these wicked beasts did of themselues passe ouer, and if any should obiect that England, hath no wolfes in it, they may be answered that Scotland, beeing therewith conioyned hath very many, & so England it selfe somtime also had, vntill such time as King Edgar, tooke order for the Destroying of them throughout the whole Realme, which generall Destruction they well deserued by a Kings commaund, hauing before that Kings time bin the Destruction of two Kings of the Britaines, which were, Madan and Mempricius. "But now whether the breach of this our Isthmos, were caused by some great Earth-quake, whereby the sea first breaking through, might afterward by little & little enlarge her passage, or whether it were cut by the labour of man in regard of comoditie by that passage, or whether the inhabitants of the one side or the other by occasion of war did cut it; thereby to be sequestred and freed from their Enemies, must needs remain altogether vncertain; but, that our Ile hath bin continent with France and that since the deluge, hath here bin shewed: and although not out of the writings of old authors, yet by euident reasons and markeable demonstrations, such as well in this case are to be allowed for sufficient authors; yea, and that before such as might perhaps deliuer vs some such report, vppon some others heare-say, and want such due proofes as here haue bin alleadged to confirme it. And no maruaile is it, that in olde Authors no relation of this is found, considering that they must in deede be very old, that hereof must make mention, yea, they must haue bin such as in those times, must haue liued about these parts, or had good meanes from these parts to haue vnderstood it, both which, considering those so very ancient ages, and the want of knowledge of letters, generally of all people in these parts of Europe, cannot possibly be expected. Many ages were ouer-past betweene the time of the deluge, and the time wherein the first Author liued, that euer made mention of our Ile, and let Berosus the Chaldean Priest (if hee were before Aristotle) haue the credit to bee the first, who liued (as it is sayd) about 340 yeares before the time of Christ, and so farre from our Ile, that neither he nor others for sundry ages after him, could come to haue true knowledge thereof, seeing they neuer came to conuerse with any of the inhabitants, that so they might haue learned it by tradition, if by tradition among such barbarous people, it had vntill then bin conserued; for by writing could they not vnderstand it from them, that in many ages after, knew not what writing meant and when afterward in length of time their posterity came to the knowledge of letters, then had both this and other things belonging to their antiquities, long before beene worne out of remembrance: And thus will I here end this Chapter, and so returne againe to prosecute my former course." INDEX. 155. Bog-iron ore, formation of, 149. Botany, fossil, imperfections of, 267. Boulders, transport of, by glaciers and Breccia, nature and origin of, 122. Britain, raised beaches and submerged British Islands, scenery of, 278. Buist, Dr George, his discoveries in BY THE SEA-SHORE, 127-136. Cambrian strata of Wales, 130. Canino, Prince of, on species-making, 269. Carboniferous system of Scotland, 192. Carboniferous rocks of Fife, 131. Carpenter, Professor, on species-mak- Cataracts, frequent causes of, 275. Chalk hills, scenery o°, 274. Chesil Bank, extent and formation of, Chronology of Geology relative merely, Civil engineering and knowledge of Classical learning and scientific studies, Classics, the, contrasted with the scien- Clay-pits, attractions of, to geologists, Cleavage in rocks, phenomenon of, 124. Collingwood, Dr, quoted, 238. 167. GEOLOGY AND MODERN THOUGHT, 105- GEOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION, Geology as compared with other scien- Geology, interesting nature of the GEOLOGY-ITS AIM AND OBJECTS, 11- Geology-its scientific and industrial Glacial action, nature of its results, 39. Glacialised surfaces under boulder- Glyptolemus, fossil fish of Dura Den, 223. Kane, Dr, and brecciated conglomerates, 160. Kane, Dr, on raised beaches, quoted, Kensington system of science-classes, 215. Lake-dwellings, nature and antiquity Lake-silts, history revealed by, 142. Lakes, silting and obliteration of, 138. Laurentian rocks of Northern Scotland, 187. Laurentian rocks of Scotland, 129. Lava, formation of soils on, 237. 60. Life, development and progression of, 110. Life, knowledge of extinct, through Life, progressive development of, 74. Littoral concrete, formation of, 149. LOCHLANDS AND THE TALE THEY TELL, Lochore, in Fife, draining of, 144. Maclaren, Charles, on boulders, 154. Man, antiquity of, 108. MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULA- Marl in lakes, formation of, 138. Metamorphic system, restriction of the Metamorphism, nature and character Metamorphism, universality of its ac- Microphytal earths, formation of, 121. Mineral springs, nature and operation Mining and certificates of skill, 25. |