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LX. Table of the Regular Terminations of the Four Conjugations; Formations of the Tenses; Unipersonal Verb y Avoir....

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LXI., LXII., LXII., LXIV., LXV., LXVI., 1.XVII., LXVIII., LXIX. Alphabetical Table of the Irregular, Defective, Peculiar, and Unipersonal Verbs 140,160, 178, 187, 203, 221, 237, 265 .......187, 222, 238, 266, 322 LXX. Participles; the Adverb. SYNTAX, th: Noun.... 281 LXXI. The Article and its Uses....... LXXII., LXXIII. The Adjective and its Peculiarities ..312, 330 LXXIV., LXXV., LXXVÏ. Numeral Adjectives; Pro...............336, 350, 367 383

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LXXVII. The Use of the Tenses

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LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY.

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II. Examples of Entries in the Day-Book, Journal, Cash-Book and Ledger

Skeleton Maps of Europe and Asia, and Maps of Polynesia, England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland: Latitudes and Longitudes, Boundaries, Divisions, Seas, Straits, Gulfs, Islands, Peninsulas, &c. to be prefixed to the Volume.

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XXII. Explanation of the Map of Asia, Ethnography.... XXIII. Explanation of the Map of Africa; table of the Countries, Kingdoms, Empires and States of Africa; Ethnography

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III. Principles, and Rules for finding the Debtor and
Creditor
IV. Explanation of the Waste-Book, Cash-Book, Bill-
Book, Day-Book, &c. Forms of Drafts, Promis-
sory Notes, and Foreign Bills of Exchange
V. Jones's System; Journalizing the Subsidiary Books
VI. Arrangement of the Accounts in the Ledger;
Method of Posting the Journal; System of check
on the Entries

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY.

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IX. Perspective. Section III.

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X. Proportions of the Human Head and Face ... XI., XII., XIII. On Trees and their Append

XLII. Inflexion. Nouns, their Origin and Classes, Nouns

XLIII., XLIV. Names of Persons in various lan

XXIV. Explanation of the Map of North America; table of the Countries, Kingdoms, Empires, and States in North America XXV., XXVI. Explanation of the Map of North America Continued; Ethnography

XXVII., XXVIII. Explanation of the Map of South America; table of Countries, Kingdoms, Empires and States in South America

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.249, 311 XXIX. Explanation of the Map of Australasia; Table of Countries, Colonies and Settlements in Austra

lasia 345 XXX. Explanation of the Map of Polynesia; Table of Colonies, Settlements and Countries in Polynesia 361

LESSONS IN GEOLOGY.

XXIX. On the Denuding Agency of the Ocean XXX. On the Production of Ripple Marks XXXI. On the Distribution of Drifts and Boulders XXXII. On the Weathering of Rocks..... XXXIII. On the Production of Landslips

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XXXIV. On the Effects of Electric Discharges upon

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LESSONS

IN GEOLOGY.-No.

By THOMAS W. JENKYN, D.D., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., &c.

THE ACTION OF

CHAPTER II.
THE
WATER ON

SECTION XIII.

EARTH'S CRUST.

ON THE DENUDING AGENCY OF THE OCEAN.

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rather than excavating, their beds. In most longitudinal valleys, which form the bed of the principal river, there are frequently transverse valleys which run across them in such a way, that the water must have originally passed through them Depressions of land, called valleys, are not always easily instead of excavating their present channels. diversity of origin. Mountain valleys resemble large cracks accounted for. The diversity of their form would suggest a Fig. 66.

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The Denudation of Rocks in Suzen Switzerland.

In a former lesson, I intimated that the formation of valleys was a difficult problem in geology. It is evident that rivers, In general, have not excavated their own beds, but flow in valleys which have been formed, for the most part, by other agents. In the majority of instances, rivers are filling up,

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produced in the strata of the earth's crust, either when
tracting, or when suddenly elevated from the bed of the ocean.
They are longitudinal, following the direction of the mountain
chain; or they are transverse, running across that direction
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Their sides are generally rugged, mostly steep, and their edge

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LESSONS

IN GEOLOGY.-No. XXIX.

By THOMAS W. JENKYN, D.D., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., &c.

THE ACTION OF

CHAPTER II.
ON THE

WATER

SECTION XIII.

EARTH'S CRUST.

ON THE DENUDING AGENCY OF THE OCEAN.

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rather than excavating, their beds. In most longitudinal val-
leys, which form the bed of the principal river, there are
way, that the water must have originally passed through them
frequently transverse valleys which run across them in such a
Depressions of land, called valleys, are not always easily
instead of excavating their present channels.
diversity of origin. Mountain valleys resemble large cracks
accounted for. The diversity of their form would suggest a
Fig. 66.

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The Denudation of Rocks in Suzen Switzerland.

In a former lesson, I intimated that the formation of valleys was a difficult problem in geology. It is evident that rivers, in general, have not excavated their own beds, but flow in valleys which have been formed, for the most part, by other agents. In the majority of instances, rivers are filling up,

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produced in the strata of the earth's crust, either when
tracting, or when suddenly elevated from the bed of the ocean.
chain; or they are transverse, running across that direction
They are longitudinal, following the direction of the mountain
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Their sides are generally rugged, mostly steep, and their edg

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