Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . dness of the sandstone at the line of contact has been consideredas an argument in favour of that theory which ascribes the consolidationof such rocks to the action of heat, and which views the common whin-stone rocks of Scotland as the unerupted lavas of former ages of the another quarry, ne:ir Holyroodhouse, beautiful radiated hcematites havebeen found, intermixed with steatite, green tibrous calcareous spar, and akind of clay-ironstone approacliing to reddle. Beds of greenstone andsandstone are here seen to alternate several times. Masses o
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . dness of the sandstone at the line of contact has been consideredas an argument in favour of that theory which ascribes the consolidationof such rocks to the action of heat, and which views the common whin-stone rocks of Scotland as the unerupted lavas of former ages of the another quarry, ne:ir Holyroodhouse, beautiful radiated hcematites havebeen found, intermixed with steatite, green tibrous calcareous spar, and akind of clay-ironstone approacliing to reddle. Beds of greenstone andsandstone are here seen to alternate several times. Masses of heavy-spar(sulphate of baryta), may here be often found adhering to the lunaj may also be observed lining tlie fissures of the rocks, quartz crystals are not unfrequent. Near to St. AnthonysChaiiel some very beautiful spotted jasper has bt en dug by the Edinburghlapidaries; but the vein, as far as easily accessible, has been and grains of augite are abundant in the rock near the 60 EDINBDROn. THE UNIVERSITY, SOUTH BRIDGE. Edinburgh has long derived celebrity from its educationalestablishments, the chief of Avhich is the University. Thisinstitution was founded by James YI., by charter dated 24thApril 1582, and the first professor was appointed in the year 1660, by means of benefactions from publicbodies and from private individuals, the establishment hadattained a respectable rank among similar institutions. As aschool of medicine, it first rose into repute under Dr. AlexanderMonro, who became professor of anatomy in 1720 ; and in thisbranch of science it afterwards attained a distinguished pre-eminence, from possessing professors remarkable for their abilitiesand success as teachers. In the other branches of knowledge,its reputation was gradually exalted to the highest pitch byMaclaurin, Black, Fergusson, Stewart, Robertson, and othereminent men. The decay and insufficiency of the old buildingshad long been
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