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British Stone Circles.—IV. Somersetshire and Dorsetshire Circles

1893; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: ns-22; Issue: 555 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.ns-22.555.164

1095-9203

A. L. Lewis,

rescue from oblivion of some of its forgotten heroes would be not the least reward of the patient inquirer in these unfrequented paths.I f what Jules Verne c:t,lls la decouuerte de la terre, that is, the gradual ascertainment of the physical features, extent and habitability of the globe, be worthy of being clttsstd as scieuce (and in what scientific society is ]lot geography recognizecl?), then what the old regime has contributed to the opening up and civilization of this continent is no scanty share.No less than ten states of the Union, and every proviilce in Canada.save British Columbia, were first occupied by French pioneers, first described by Freuch writtls And in this record of exploration and colonization, eiteuding fro= 1534 to 171;11-,we find such names as Cartier, f:lialnp!ain,La Salle, Duluth, Zberville, Jol-iette, >Iarcyuett:., 3,:: Ilothe, CadilZac and thoso of many another to w h o a rl~anliiucl is deeply indebted.This is the merest outline of what, if a history of science in tlie new ~vorld were undertolcen, the inquirer woulcl.find helpfu!and more or less valuable in the records of the northern donl~ninn On another occasion I hope to give some cletails from these records as indications of their scit~~ttitic \~:>rth.' k:7 'TI,?*to " C ' + , r t ~~: ' ' fi tic) -~n i d ~~~~ camp), "Pound-(Q V C ~Y 11.Stoceiic-npeappeased in So.