SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K. H.,

A.M., D.C.L., F.R.S., VICE-PRES. R.S., EDINBURGH, AND M.R.L.A.,

ONE OF THE EIGHT ASSOCIATES OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE-HONORARY OR CORRESPONDING
MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIES OF ST. PETERSBURGH, VIENNA, BERLIN, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM,
MUNICH, GÖTTINGEN, BRUSSELS, HAERLEM, ERLANGEN, CANTON DE VAUD, MODENA,

WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, QUEBEC, CAPE TOWN, ETC., ETC.—-

CHEVALIER OF THE PRUSSIAN ORDER OF MERIT OF FREDERICK

THE GREAT, AND PRINCIPAL OF THE UNITED COLLEGES OF

ST. SALVATOR AND ST. LEONARD'S, ST ANDREWS.

Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra

Processit longe flammantia monia mundi;

Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque.

LUCRETIUS, Lib. i. 1. 73.

VOL. II.

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HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., LONDON.

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