Epigraph
“Auditque suis tria littora campis.”
Dedication
TO
THE VICE PATRONS, PRESIDENT,
VICE PRESIDENTS,
AND MEMBERS
OF
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall,
THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,
AS A HUMBLE, YET SINCERE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT,
FOR THE ZEAL AND LIBERALITY WITH WHICH THEY CONTINUE
TO UPHOLD
AN INSTITUTION
“WHICH HAS RENDERED THEIR HOME THE SCHOOL OF
SCIENCE,
AND THEIR NATIVE RICHES INCREASING SOURCES
OF PROSPERITY.”