Excerpt from A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Including the Isle of Man, Vol. 1 of 3: Comprising an Account of Their Geological Structure; With Remarks on Their Agriculture, Scenery, and Antiquities The following book owes its existence to a collection of' papers originally 'drawn up for the Geological Society} Circumstances, consisting chiefly in their accumulation, induced me to bring the 'whole into one general view, and to add that which was wanting to render the Work a connected geological account Of all the Western islands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.