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FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, MEMBER OF THE WERNERIAN, KIRWANIAN
AND PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, AND LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL

PHYSICAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY NINETEEN ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.

THIRD EDITION.

GLASGOW:

ARCHIBALD FULLARTON & CO.;

MACLACHLAN & STEWART, EDINBURGH; W. CURRY, JUN.
AND CO. DUBLIN; AND W. S. ORR, LONDON.

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GLASGOW:

FULLARTON AND CO., PRINTERS, VILLAFIELD.

TO

SIR THOMAS DICK LAUDER

OF FOUNTAINHALL, BART.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH,

MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUARIAN AND WERNERIAN SOCIETIES,

ETC. ETC. ETC.

THE FOLLOWING WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A MARK OF RESPECT,

FOR HIS SCIENTIFIC ZEAL AND ACQUIREMENTS,

BY HIS OBEDIENT FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

Edinburgh, May, 1833.