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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