The Scenery of England and Wales : Its Character and Origin; Being an Attempt to Trace the Nature of the Geological Causes, Especially Denudation, by Which the Physical Features of the Country Have Been Produced; Founded on the Results of Many Years' Perso

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Wales, he has found that their contents are either general, or limited to particular localities, so that his difficulty has not been to steer clear of what has already been written, but to arrange and generalise the com plicated results of his own imperfect observations.

I am conscious that many localities worthy of being described have been either omitted or slightly noticed, because it would require several volumes to include a full account of them all. I am likewise conscious that a second and more careful survey of the localities I have visited, and even revisited, would be necessary to the production of a work in all respects satisfactory. But my object will be gained if I have said enough to stimulate the geologist and intelligent tourist to farther observation.

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