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GEOLOGICA,L ERRORS CORRECTED. 209anneXied to pal'6ntearth would hardIy he looked for, here presents itselftn its grandeur, on the right hand, veiled toa vast proportion downwardsin SDOW, and totally repelling the impressio~s of itconvéyed inthe mistaken opinicm of the respectable Doctor Shaw.Here we have'3n instancenow ;Httlema'y he tobe 'depended on the Tepresentations ofatiaveHeT attached fullyto science ;amd totruth.. But met} must seethings with their own eyes to daim relianee on th€lr statel11ents. Pèrilapsthis ,learned traveller proceeded on the principle of Quis vates advera vocat 'f Yct the poet's description is nearer the truth. AssuredJytheancientsha.d more geographicalknowledge than theirdescendants'are;inclinedt:o give them cred-it for.Those of them from whom Dodor8ha.w ohtainedhis information ,relative tothis great feature ofthe globe'wereutterly ;unworthy ofany reliance. Moderate and diffidcl'1t as this'respectable man'sstatements are, he couldnot escapethe charge ofhy­'perbole. But to throw th,is,Î't ,wasnecessary no! to have read his wotk ;,and muni in this precaution, his candid critics, mankind .at large, tooktheir station of attae'k.But wllftt says the greatpoet?""---apicem et latera araua cernltAtlantis duri, cœlum qui vertice fulcit :Atlantis, êinctumassidue cui nùbibus atiis:,Piniferum caput et verito pulsàtur et'imbri:Nix humeros infusa tegit; tumflumina ~eritoiPrecipitantsenis, etglacie riget horrida barba:'Thepoet'simag'inaîioD must llaveOeen dreaming,'or in thec1ouds,'for tl1e,unfortunàte idea, of piJn,ij'e'J'mn ,eaput tohave eccurr-ed to him•.But At­'l'as bears bis 11e~ùt far a:bovè;ifIie'c1ou~yregion,visible as he is farout