§. 2. Description of Section II., Pl. 2, corresponding to Section CD of the

map.

§. 3. Description of Section III., Plate 2, corresponding to Section FG on
map, and AB, Pl. 5.

§. 4. Description of a Section supposed to pass through the country be-
tween the sea and the Monte Dobra, passing to the W. of Monte Vispieris,
across the valleys of Reocin and Mercadal, Plate 3, Section IV., indicated
by the line of section HK on the Map.

§. 5. Description of a Section, supposed to pass through the Bay of San-
tander, the Pena Cabarga, into the valley of Penaos. Plate 3, section V.;
indicated by the line of section LM on the map.

§. 6. Conclusions deducible from the comparison of the foregoing Sections.
III. Geognostical relations of the more important metalliferous deposits.
§. 1. History of the Mining Industry of the Province.

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330

341

345

348

363

§. 2. Description of Stas. Lucita and Felix, or Venta la Vega Mines. Plates
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

366

§. 3. Description of the Mines of the Valley of Ciguenza. Plates 4, 9,
and 10.

370

§. 4 Description of the Mines of the Valley of Udias. Plates 4, 11, 12, 13,

§. 8. Description of the Mines of the Dobra range and Viesgo, of Merodio,
and Tresviso. Plate 15.

385

§. 9. Description of the Mines near Reynosa and in the valley of Potes, or
those of El Soto and Pico Jano.

391

IV. Mineralogical structure and chemical composition of the ores, with some remarks upon their mode of production.

§. 1. Mineralogical description of the ores.

395

§. 2. Observations on the mammillated, reniform, globular, and botryoidal
structure in minerals.

408

§. 3. Chemical examination of some of the minerals of Zinc and Lead of
the Province of Santander.

418

§. 4. Order of succession according to which the different kinds of ore
were formed, and their probable geological age.

432

XI.-On some curious molecular changes produced in Disilicate of

Zinc, and some of its compounds with carbonates, by the action of heat. By WILLIAM K. SULlivan. XII. Some Remarks on a Proto-Morphic Phyllotype. By GEORGE

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SIGERSON, M.D.

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LIST OF PLATES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

PAGE

Plates illustrative of Dr. Hincks's paper on the Polyphony of the Assyrio-
Babylonian Cuneiform Writing: a Letter to Professor Renouf from Rev.
Dr. Hincks:-

PLATE I.-Epigraph on a battle scene (British Museum)
II-Cuneiform texts

Plates illustrative of Messrs. Sullivan and O'Reilly's paper on the Deposit of
Sulphate of Soda of the Valley of the Jarama :-

PLATE 1.-Map of the Valley of the Jarama

2.-General view of the east side of the Valley of the Jarama
3.-a, Cross section of the Valley of San Martin de la Vega; b, Section
of eastern bank of the river one and a-half miles north of San
Martin de la Vega

Plates illustrative of Messrs. Sullivan and O'Reilly's Notes illustrative of the
Geology and Mineralogy of the part of the Spanish province of Santander
between the Bay of Santander and the River Deva :-

PLATE 1.-Geological Map of the Province of Santander,
2.-Section I. Corresponding to AB of Map

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96

290

319

325

Map of the Coast between Riva de Sella and Tina Menor
Section FS across the coast line between Riva de Sella and
San Antolin

4. Map indicating the relative positions of the Mines of Udias,
Comillas, and Novales

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367

7. Cross Section of the Venta 40m w. of Principal Deposit
Cross Section of the Venta 15m E. of Principal Deposit
Diagram showing the variations of the dips of the dolomite and
limestone rocks in the neighbourhood of the Venta
Longitudinal Section of Venta la Vega Mine, Comillas, Plan of
Workings of the Venta la Vega Mine

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368

9.

Plan of the Valley of Ciguenza, and Mines, and Transverse Section
of ditto

11. General Views of the north and south sides of the Valley of
Udias
Plan of the Valley of Udias

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374

Cross Section of Valley of Udias, indicating the geological dis-
positions of the beds [Erratum-San Bartolome Mine should
have been put in the same rock as San Roque.]

Cross Section of Principal Mines at Tresviso, Europa Mountains

Plates illustrative of Dr. Sigerson's paper on a Protomorphic Phyllotype:

ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW BUILDING

FOR THE

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.

JULY 20, A.D. 1862.*

BY AUBREY DE VERE.

The Land, how lies she cold and dead,
When on her brow long since
Freedom its virtuous radiance shed,
And drove the darkness thence?
The child at her its stone may fling;
The dragon-fly her cheek may sting-
"Ho! murdered was she, or self-slain,
This bulk with blackness in the brain ?"

II.

Ah me! in heavier days than these,
She lived, she moved, she woke :
Spurned outward bonds, like raging seas:-
Why wears her Mind the yoke?

Freedom and Franchise! vain and worse

Than vain are ye-a snare, a curse,

To serfs self-shackled, that abuse

Their rights, or know not how to use!

* There were present on this occasion, thirty-four Bishops, many of them

from remote countries, and about two hundred thousand spectators.

III.

"Tis past! the Realm has learned its want:

The Nation wills its work:

Her eastern skies with lustre pant,

Vacant till now and murk:

She swears with heavenly faith to join
The manly mind, the fixed design,

The mastering knowledge-public heart-
The nature crowned, not quenched by art.

IV.

'T was in a dolorous hour, 't was then
When Famine plagued our coast,
And Penal Law,* let loose again,

Trod feebly like a ghost

The land he once had stamped in blood,

"T was then her need we understood:

"I was then her Genius from a cloud

Looked forth, and cried to us aloud!

V.

The People heard; and, far and wide,
Like some long clarion blast,
By town, and plain, and mountain side,

The inspiring Mandate passed.

His children's crust the peasant shared

With him that brought the news; and bared

A hut already blank, to aid

That great emprize too long delayed.

The "Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill". It was in 1851, at the close of the great famine, so quickly followed by this penal measure, that the Catholic University of Ireland was, appropriately, undertaken.