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would‘be,basalt7fused, that is, "identicaltiwitlrlavia.- This ‘
‘case should weigh‘v'ery strongly in the'de'cisiou ofthe“'f‘or-
-mation of A the Antrim basaltes, as every possible argu-
ment derived from the present appearance 1 of the face of
thehcountry, contradicts a v,olcanic,th'ougl1 n‘ot:a’Vulc"anic
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’ The subject, however, is altogether too abstruse,‘ and
‘too little satistjactolry in its conclusions,’ to" occupy the
general reader,‘ or summer tourist, longer ; we shall con-
clude, therefore, our basaltic dissertation, by a statement
of -the conclusions. arrived at by the most’ distinguished L ‘
‘naturalists ofgthe last-century upon the subject, and then I mum; ,
resume our less tedious narrative of the coasting and in- 5
land scenery to Colerainei i " ' ‘ " i
In the most mouern,-‘ fand one of ' the‘ ‘most elegant
treatises upon the formation’ of basalt now in being, we
‘find the following epitome of ‘the conclusions of .many
philosopliersi - i g ' 'e
“ It appears,” says Klaproth, the celebrated chemist of
Berlin, “ that naturalists emancipated themselves, ‘Hyde-
grees, "from the volcanic illusion. ‘Bergman, the lirst of‘ the
chemists, whoemployed himself with diligenceand success
in examining mineral substances, and who, to an intimate
acquaintance with the effects ofheat, joined "an extensive
knowledge of mineralogy, could not bring himself to con-
sider hasalt as aiproduct ofvolcanic eruptions. The Swedes
adopted his iriew of the question.’ Itis; some forty years,
since every body in Gerniany considered basaltic moun-
tains as ancient volcanoesi g Werner raised the Neptuuian
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