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THE FORT OF: BELLEGA.RDE. 39SiUnlitllit.;!leMel~+i.al7~granitic. ln li tholQgy the principle. of .. modification.pefMades the mass; the Siame rule governs, be the magnitude or dimillUtiQllof its parts what they may.Bence an Qbserving eye can ascer:­tain, by the outlines of mountains, of what ingredients, granite, hornsitone,ors.c.hist'i,the.y are COlll,posed. Granite in its exterior adheres toitspalfent quartz. Bu6011 has,loo.keclintonatnre not with a technicalbut a scientific eye >t-. The glohe, asat. present coristituted, is composedoftwo main and radically distinct substances, quartz and marinedeposit. Such, at least, constitute the ma~s. Other various matters, as~.portant tOLhis creatures~ are ,the beneficent donation of Providence,e~hancing.thenumericalaccountthough they add but little to the specificbulk.This chainoft»ountainsdift;ers l'rom the Alps in being pervious innum~rous places. But, notwithstandingpoliticshaye presented thern:­selves in aid of nature here to facilitate and generalize communicationbetween these two g.reat nations, itseems to remain still nearly instatu, quo.The etymologies of the names prove to us 'that the ancient geographerswere acquainted with ihis chain ofmountains, and that theytoade" such features their study.IIlcleed this was .the principal handIetopography presented to their· grasp, and they avaiJed themselvesaccordingly.ltiscurious to ob~erve how they connected this ideawithpersonification. Geography was withthem one ulliversai allegory.At this entrancejnto Spain the road is scieIltifically .laid out, and ispreserved in excellentofcier.The :Fort of BeUega.rde, a bicoque, on an~ What business has mysticislIl in scienee ~ in a science too where aught beyond principles andoenniti9Ps is an ineumbrance.