Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
[12]. And I may say, my friend also, to whom, during my residence in Jamaica, I was frequently indebted for contributions on natural history to the Jamaica Friendly Instructor, of which I was Editor.
[13]. A Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaica, by P. H. Gosse, Esq. pp. 496–7.
[14]. So called because of its grained or granular appearance.
[15]. First brought from Syene, in Egypt.
[16]. Feld-spar, written also felspar, a compound of feld, field, and spar.
[17]. See Ansted’s Ancient World, p. 21.
[18]. Memnon, or Ramesis. This famous head is in the British Museum; the body is of greenstone, the head of syenite, and the bust one continuous mass.
[19]. From dis and integer. The separation of the whole parts of a rock, without chemical action, by means of the light, the air, or the rain, is called disintegration.