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facts just enough to make them fit the fancied meaning                of the Bible�察�and 

the   Bible   just   enough   to   make   it   fit   the   fancied meaning   of   the   facts。 

But there were a few who would have no                compromise�察�who laboured on 

with a noble recklessness�察�determined            to speak the thing which they had 

seen�察�and neither more nor less�察         �sure that God could take better care than 

they of His own        everlasting truth。     And now they have conquered�此            �the 

facts which      were twenty years ago denounced as contrary to Revelation�察�

are at    last accepted not merely as consonant with�察�but as corroborative 

thereof�察    �and   sound    practical    geologists    ´  like   Hugh     Miller�察  �in  his 

;Footprints   of   the   Creator�察─  �and   Professor   Sedgwick�察  �in   the   invaluable 



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notes to his ;Discourse on the Studies of Cambridge; ´                   have wielded in 

defence      of  Christianity    the   very   science    which    was     faithlessly    and 

cowardly expected to subvert it。 

     But if you seek�察�reader�察�rather for pleasure than for wisdom�察�you                  can 

find it in such studies�察�pure and undefiled。 

     Happy�察    �truly�察  �is  the  naturalist。    He     has   no  time    for  melancholy 

dreams。      The     earth   becomes     to  him    transparent�察   �everywhere      he  sees 

significancies�察     �harmonies�察    �laws�察  �chains   of   cause   and   effect   endlessly 

interlinked�察�which draw him out of the narrow sphere of                  self´interest and 

self´pleasing�察    �into   a  pure   and   wholesome       region    of   solemn     joy  and 

wonder。      He goes up some Snowdon valley�察�to him                  it is a solemn spot 

��though unnoticed by his companions���察�where the                   stag's´horn clubmoss 

ceases to straggle across the turf�察�and the           tufted alpine clubmoss takes its 

place�此    �for   he   is  now    in  a  new    world�察    �a  region    whose     climate   is 

eternally   influenced   by   some   fresh      law   ��after   which   he   vainly   guesses 

with a sigh at his own         ignorance���察�which renders life impossible to one 

species�察 �possible      to   another。    And   it   is   a   still   more   solemn   thought   to 

him�察�that it     was not always so�察�that aeons and ages back�察�that rock which 

he    passed a thousand feet below was fringed�察�not as now with fern and 

blue bugle�察�and white bramble´flowers�察�but perhaps with the alp´ rose and 

the ;gemsen´kraut; of Mont Blanc�察�at least with Alpine                 Saxifrages which 

have now retreated a thousand feet up the mountain                    side�察�and with the 

blue    Snow´Gentian�察       �and   the   Canadian     Sedum�察    �which      have     all  but 

vanished out   of   the   British   Isles。   And   what  is   it   which   tells him  that 

strange     story�拭   �Yon    smooth     and   rounded     surface    of   rock�察  �polished�察�

remark�察  �across   the   strata   and   against   the   grain�察�and   furrowed   here   and 

there�察   �as  if  by  iron  talons�察  �with   long    parallel    scratches。    It  was    the 

crawling   of   a   glacier   which     polished   that   rock´face�察  �the   stones   fallen 

from     Snowdon      peak    into    the   half´liquid    lake   of   ice  above�察   �which 

ploughed those   furrows。           AEons   and   aeons ago�察 �before the   time   when 

Adam first 

       ;Embraced his Eve in happy hour�察�And every bird in Eden burst In 

carol�察�every bud in flower�察─�

       those marks were there�察�the records of the ;Age of ice�察─�slight�察              �truly�察�



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to   be   effaced    by   the   next   farmer    who    needs    to  build    a  wall�察   �but 

unmistakeable�察       �boundless     in   significance�察    �like  Crusoe's     one    savage 

footprint   on   the   sea´shore�察  �and   the   naturalist   acknowledges       the   finger´ 

mark of God�察�and wonders�察�and worships。 

     Happy�察�especially�察�is the sportsman who is also a naturalist�此                 �for    as 

he   roves   in   pursuit   of   his   game�察  �over   hills   or   up   the   beds   of streams 

where no one but a sportsman ever thinks of going�察�he will                    be certain to 

see    things   noteworthy�察     �which    the   mere    naturalist    would     never    find�察�

simply because he could never guess that they                   were there to be found。 

I do not speak merely of the rare birds              which may be shot�察�the curious 

facts   as   to   the   habits   of   fish   which may   be   observed�察  �great   as   these 

pleasures     are。    I  speak    of   the   scenery�察    �the   weather�察   �the   geological 

formation      of  the   country�察  �its   vegetation�察    �and   the   living   habits   of  its 

denizens。      A  sportsman�察       �out   in   all   weathers�察  �and   often   dependent   for 

success     on    his   knowledge        of  ;what    the   sky   is  going    to   do�察─  �has 

opportunities   for      becoming   a   meteorologist   which   no   one   beside   but   a 

sailor    possesses�察�and one has often longed for a scientific gamekeeper or 

huntsman�察�who�察�by discovering a law for the mysterious and                       seemingly 

capricious      phenomena       of   ;scent�察─   �might    perhaps     throw     light   on    a 

hundred   dark   passages   of   hygrometry。         The   fisherman�察     �too�察   �   what   an 

inexhaustible treasury of wonder lies at his feet�察            �in the subaqueous world 

of the commonest mountain burn�                �All the     laws which mould a world 

are there busy�察�if he but knew it�察         �fattening his trout for him�察�and making 

them rise to the fly�察�by       strange electric influences�察�at one hour rather than 

at another。       Many a good geognostic lesson�察�too�察�both as to the nature of 

a    country's rocks�察�and as to the laws by which strata are deposited�察                 �may 

an observing man learn as he wades up the bed of a trout´ stream�察�not to 

mention      the  strange    forms    and   habits   of   the  tribes   of    water´insects。 

Moreover�察  �no   good   fisherman   but   knows�察  �to   his       sorrow�察  �that   there   are 

plenty of minutes�察�ay�察�hours�察�in each day's              fishing in which he would be 

right glad of any employment better             than trying to 

       ;Call spirits from the vasty deep�察─�

       who will not 

       ;Come when you do call for them。; 



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        What   to   do�察�then�拭     �You   are   sitting�察�perhaps�察  �in   your   coracle�察  �upon 

some mountain tarn�察�waiting for a wind�察�and waiting in vain。 

        ;Keine luft an keine seite�察�Todes´stille f �r chterlich�察─�

        as G �t he has it ´ 

        ;Und der schiffer sieht bek �m mert Glatte fl �c he rings umher。; 

       You paddle to the shore on the side whence the wind ought to come�察�

if   it   had   any  spirit   in   it�察�tie the   coracle   to   a   stone�察�light   your cigar�察  �lie 

down on your back upon the grass�察�grumble�察�and finally                        fall asleep。     In 

the   meanwhile�察  �probably�察  �the   breeze   has   come   on�察         �and   there   has   been 

half´an´hour's lively  fishing   curl�察  �and   you   wake           just   in   time   to   see   the 

last ripple of it sneaking off at the other              side of the lake�察�leaving all as 

dead´calm as before。 

     Now      how    much     better�察  �instead    of   falling   asleep�察   �to  have    walked 

quietly round the lake side�察�and asked of your own brains and of                         Nature 

the question�察 �How did this lake come here�拭                 �What does it        mean�拭─�

     It is a hole in the earth。         True�察�but how was the hole made�拭                 �There 

must   have   been   huge   forces   at   work   to   form   such   a   chasm。        Probably 

the   mountain   was   actually   opened   from   within   by   an   earthquake�察  �and 

when the strata fell together again�察�the portion at either end of                   the chasm�察�

being perhaps crushed together with greater force�察                   �remained higher than 

the    centre�察  �and    so  the   water    lodged    between       them。     Perhaps      it  was 

formed thus。        You will at least agree that          its formation must have been a 

grand sight   enough�察�and   one during              which a spectator   would have had 

some difficulty in keeping his            footing。 

     And   when   you   learn 

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