Mr. H. Holland on the Cheshire Rock-Salt District.
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than was requisite to a complete view of the subject. The prosecution of such enquiries is much assisted by the comparison of facts observed in different situations; and as the neighbourhood of Droitwich, in Worcestershire, is with the exception of the Cheshire salt district, the most considerable source of brine springs in this kingdom, some information with respect to the situation and natural history of these springs, as connected with a subjacent body of rock-salt, may be considered a desirable and important object. Such information I have not the means of giving, but it is more than probable that the Geological Society will be enabled to procure it, by the assistance of some of its corresponding members.
