SECT. I.--Prospect of the Subject to be treated of.

SECT. II.--An Investigation of the Natural Operations employed in
consolidating the Strata of the Globe.

SECT. III.--Investigation of the Natural Operations employed in the
Production of Land above the Surface of the Sea.

SECT. IV.--System of Decay and Renovation observed in the Earth.


CHAP. II.

An Examination of Mr KIRWAN's Objections to the Igneous Origin of Stony
Substances.


CHAP. III.

Of Physical Systems, and Geological Theories, in general.


CHAP. IV.

The Supposition of Primitive Mountains refuted.


CHAP. V.

Concerning that which may be termed the Primary Part of the Present