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scribed : indeed, no precise or just idea can be formed without 

 seeing the stone itself. 



The dimensions of my specimen are as follows : It is 

 1 7 inches broad, 1 2 high, and seven inches thick at its 

 base : the side which I have got cut and polished presents 

 l.*! or 16 of these globules, among which we may remark 

 several that are enchased as it were into each other. 



After spending a considerable time on the spot where I 

 found this specimen, I proceeded towards Liamone on the 

 gulf of Valinco. 



Having arrived at the village of Olmetto on this gulf, the 

 place pointed out to me as containing the orbicular granite, 

 I proceeded to Taravo. 1 dug np the makis covering a part 

 of the hillock on which Stazzona is situated, and minutely 

 examined every corner. I sounded the small lake in the 

 neighbourhood : I visited the sea- shore : I also sounded 

 the river, and explored it in various points by means of 

 divers : I even followed its course upon the two banks 

 for more than a league and a half: and finding nothing by 

 these means, I formed the resolution of exploring 45 miles 

 of ground beyond Stazzona. 



I endeavoured to assure myself of the composition of the 

 eranites Iving upon the heights surrounding the great valley 

 of Taravo : T attacked every rock I saw, and found some 

 specimens the composition of which resembled the granite 

 in question. 



After having pursued my researches still further, I entered 

 the bed of the Taravo, and traversed the two banks for 

 more than tvvo leagues : at the moment when I was re- 

 doubling my efforts to finish my investigation, I was 

 obliged to desist on account of the rain and snow, it being 

 now December. 



I collected the various specimens of rocks which I pro- 

 cored at Valinco : and after having made a comparative ex- 

 amination of them w ith the orbicular granite, I ascertained 

 that in some of these specimens there were hornblend and 

 feldspar, but not in the same order, nor in the same arrange- 

 ment : nevertheless, I think we may inicr from these spcci- 



mens:, 



