in East Anglia, [45];
abandons career as barrister for geology, [48];
work with Dr Mantell, [48];
visits to Continent, [48];
influence of von Hoff's works, [49];
of Scrope, [50];
his remarks on Hutton's supposed heresies, [51], [54];
influence of Gibbon on his literary style, [52];
praise of Hutton and Playfair at later date, [53];