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VI. Observations on the Physical Structure of Devonshire and Cornwall. By, M.D. of Geneva, Honorary Member of the Geological Society.

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[Translated from the original French Manuscript.]

venturing to lay before the Geological Society the following observations made in the course of a journey through Devonshire and Cornwall, I do not presume to think that I have by any means comprehended all that is interesting in the physical structure of these counties; many observations, not only of detail, but of higher importance, have no doubt escaped me: all I pretend to do is, to give a general outline of what I have seen, and to connect those observations with such as I have made in the other countries of Europe which I have also visited.

Among the several formations which the greater part of geologists recognize, (understanding by this term not only the