Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles and Crystals

Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles and Crystals is a work by John George Francis. Excerpt: «There is a pleasure to an intelligent mind in discovering the origin, or tracing the past history, of any natural object as revealed in its structure and growth. It is thus that the study of trees and plants, ferns and field flowers, occupies and delights us. And a similar interest would be found to attach to Seaside Pebbles, as one branch of mineralogy, if we could once come to observe and understand them.»