COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE, &c. PART III. OF THE MODE OF THE CHANGES OR REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARTH, ACCORDING TO THE MINERAL AND MOSAICAL GEOLOGIES, RESPECTIVELY. CHAPTER I. It is now finally decided, on a comparison of the two geologies with the philosophy of Bacon and Newton, respecting the first great object of our inquiry, viz. The mode of all First Forma tions; that philosophy and truth lie exclusively with the Mosaical. It remains for us, to institute a similar comparison with respect to the second great object; viz. the mode of the universal Changes or Revolutions, which the mineral substances of the earth manifest themselves to have since undergone. But, a question here arises, with respect to the course by which this ulterior object ought to be pursued. In the former part of this disquisition, we began our investigation by examining the
