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To ascertain the most recent movement to which a country has been subjected, and by careful comparison with the past to discover what insensible changes are now progressing, is of the utmost importance in approaching its Quaternary History.
page 28 note 1 Stoddart, Proc. Brist. Nat. Soc. for 1870, vol. v. p. 43.
page 29 note 1 T. R. G. S. Corn.
page 33 note 1 Peacock, p. 109.
page 33 note 2 Phil. Trans, for 1753, vol. 48, p. 326.
page 33 note 3 Tolmens. —Oval or spheroidal rocks, when resting on two others, with acavity between, are called by Dr. Borlase tolmens (stones with holes), and are supposed by him to have been rock deities (Carne on the Scilly Isles). —T.E G.S. Corn. vol. vii. p.144.
page 34 note 1 P. 29.
page 34 note 2 Ib. p. 30.
page 34 note 3 1527–1593.
page 34 note 4 Ib. p. 29.
page 34 note 5 T.R.G.S. Corn. vol. ii. pp. 130, 131.
page 34 note 6 Carew, p. 3.
page 34 note 7 Op. cit. p. 132.
page 35 note 1 Peacock, p. 109.
page 35 note 2 Mr. Came (T.R.G.S. Corn. vol. ii. p. 354) says, “It is exceedingly probable that the western extremity of England, of which St. Just forms a prominent part, constituted the principal portion of what was formerly known under the name of the Cassiterides.”
page 35 note 3 T.R.G.S. Corn. vol. yii. p. 153.
page 35 note 4 Peacock, p. 106.
page 36 note 1 Peacock, p. 107.