Lithographs a Series of Four Lectures On Geology Delivered Before the Norwich
Lithographs a Series of Four Lectures On Geology Delivered Before the Norwich
J E John Ellor Taylor
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" " And how the nuns of Whitby told, How of countless snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone When holy Hilda prayed. Themselves, within their sacred bound, Their stony folds had often found. " 80 POPULAR GEOLOGY. The numerous joints of encrinital stems and fingers, which occur in the same rocks, are accounted for by legend, and is now enshrined in our literature by the pen of Scott. "Nor did Sir Cuthbert's daughters fail To vie with them in holy tale. ft ''*'** On a rock of Lindisfar...ne St. Cuthbert sits, and toils to frame The sea-born beads that bear his name. " Many of the fossil-dealers turn the snake-legend to account, for if a visitor asks to see some of these fossil snakes, the dealer not unfrequently asks if he wants them with the head, or without the deficiency being readily supplied by a little manual labour and a small file. The Belemnites, which are found in the rocks of three succeeding formations, are, in some places, sup- posed to be " thunderbolts ; " and, in some parts of Scotland, are reckoned as antidotes to witchcraft.
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