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southwards, is the site .of the abbey and convent..dicular part of the mass is to the north-west.l~al principle of the modification. Before itated under the operation of the atmoconsiderably higher; and it should seem,that an entire stratum upon the largest Ssuperincumbent upon what are nowlapidation round its skirts, in consplaces to uearly half the P1erpendifive degrees, and ~o similar materifilis .else,.lU the pl'VlUce. Its material is triturated, as said, but not broken; .silic.eo\:ls, .slightlj'" ,calcareous, and wi~h a ferruginous impregnation; so that, iforganized remains were found in it, theJ: wo,uld probably be not m~:"rine. This ferruginous tinge it loses on i . r byclose white moss, which entirely pervadfronted with the eye at a right angle, preclwhich the masses ofstone present wben viewed obliqThus this mountain stands here a perfectly insulatdistant from thè Pyrenees, in a tract which, u .and undu}ations by the superficial wash ofwato the foot of these mountains ; and such it now, under icumstances, appears, when viewed from the top of Montserrat,deed, from the level of the convent. The perpendicul esravines in this alluvial tract, fOfI~ed bythe torrents,sight to the very e~ltrai]s of the soil, and 1 show the,\wcomposition of fragments in which quartz, schist,nate.Schist also appears at the base of this mLittle has been attempted i~ the way of accoud llction of nature,and that little has not b