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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."

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155.

Bog-iron ore, formation of, 149.
Boreal shells, and other remains in
clay, 177.

Botany, fossil, imperfections of, 267.
Boulders, split and fractured, 154-
158.

Boulders, transport of, by glaciers and
icebergs, 157.

Breccia, nature and origin of, 122.
Breccias, glacial formation of, 165.
Britain once part of European Conti-
nent, 283-298.

Britain, raised beaches and submerged
forests of, 256.

British Islands, scenery of, 278.
Builder and architect as dependent on
Geology, 26, 98.

Buist, Dr George, his discoveries in
Dura Den, 233.

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-
ing, 269.

Cataracts, frequent causes of, 275.
Caverns and their contents, evidences
from, 38.

Chalk hills, scenery o°, 274.
Chalk sections of Kent, 132.
Chemically-formed rocks, 118.

Chesil Bank, extent and formation of,
160.

Chronology of Geology relative merely,
37.

Civil engineering and knowledge of
Geology, 27, 97.

Classical learning and scientific studies,
210.

Classics, the, contrasted with the scien-
ces, 210.

Clay-pits, attractions of, to geologists,
177.

Cleavage in rocks, phenomenon of, 124.
Climate, its influence on scenery, 277.
Coal, origin and formation of, 121.
Collections of rocks and fossils, uses
of, 202.

Collingwood, Dr, quoted, 238.
Conglomerates and agglomerates,

167.

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GEOLOGY AND MODERN THOUGHT, 105-
116.

GEOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION,
78-104.

Geology as compared with other scien-
tific studies, 93.

Geology, interesting nature of the
study, 89.

GEOLOGY-ITS AIM AND OBJECTS, 11-
18.

Geology-its scientific and industrial
aspects, 17.

Glacial action, nature of its results, 39.
Glacial clays and drifts of Scotland, 197.
Glacial epoch as affecting British
scenery, 279.

Glacialised surfaces under boulder-
clay, 179.

Glyptolemus, fossil fish of Dura Den,

223.

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Kane, Dr, and brecciated conglomerates,

160.

Kane, Dr, on raised beaches, quoted,
258.

Kensington system of science-classes,

215.

Lake-dwellings, nature and antiquity
of, 141.

Lake-silts, history revealed by, 142.
Lake-silts, remains discovered in, 144.
Lake-silts, their character and remains,
36.

Lakes, silting and obliteration of, 138.
Landscape gardening and geological
features, 30, 99.

Laurentian rocks of Northern Scotland,

187.

Laurentian rocks of Scotland, 129.
Laurentian system of Sir W. Logan,
59.

Lava, formation of soils on, 237.
Law, operative, in creation, 111.
Liassic strata of Scotland, 196.
Life coeval with first-formed sediments,

60.

Life, development and progression of,

110.

Life, knowledge of extinct, through
Geology, 108.

Life, progressive development of, 74.
Lignite, origin and formation of, 121.
Limestone hills, scenery of, 274.
Limestones, nature and origin of, 121.
Limestone quarries, fossil treasures of
180.

Littoral concrete, formation of, 149.

LOCHLANDS AND THE TALE THEY TELL,
137-145.

Lochore, in Fife, draining of, 144.
Lossiemouth sandstones of Triassic
age, 195.

Maclaren, Charles, on boulders, 154.
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, forma-
tion of, 151.

Man, antiquity of, 108.

MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULA-
TIONS, 168-173.

Marl in lakes, formation of, 138.
Mechanically-formed rocks, 121.
Mental training through Geology, 87.
Metamorphic rocks of the Highlands,
129.

Metamorphic system, restriction of the
term, 61.

Metamorphism, nature and character
of, 123.

Metamorphism, universality of its ac-
tion, 61.

Microphytal earths, formation of, 121.
Mineralogy, a popular study sixty years
ago, 185.

Mineral springs, nature and operation
of, 150.

Mining and certificates of skill, 25.

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