328 Dr Charles T. Jackson on 



The following account given by Mr Monk (son of the 

 Venerable Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol), of his feelings 

 on first seeing and on taking leave of the shores of the Dead 

 Sea, deserves special notice, not only because it appears true 

 to nature, but because it suggests to the mind the suspicion 

 that other travellers, who have described the same scene, 

 have been influenced by preconceived opinions, to see every 

 thing in a gloomy point of view : — 



P. 229. " In about three hours, we reached the mountain brow 

 looking down upon the valley of the Jordan ; and delightfully that 

 beautiful strange scenery burst upon our weary and dazzled eyes. 



'* Far from looking gloomy or curse-stricken, it was the most riant 

 scene I had yet beheld in Palestine. The Dead Lake itself was as 

 brightly blue as those of Italy ; the mountains of Moab and the 

 Ammonites lifted their lofty line against the early sun, and wore 

 a purple hue over their multiplied cliffs and promontories.'' 



P. 240. " Then came sunrise, first flushing the light clouds above, 

 then flashing over the Arabian mountains, and pouring down into the 

 rich valley of the Jordan. The Dead Sea itself seemed to come to 

 life under that blessed spell, and shone like molten gold among its 

 purpled hills. 



" I lingered long upon that mountain's brow, and thought that, 

 so far from deserving all the dismal epithets that have been bestowed 

 upon it, I had not seen so cheerful or attractive a scene in Pales- 

 tine. That luxuriant valley was beautiful as one great pleasure 

 ground ; with bosks and groves of aromatic shrubs, intermingled 

 with sloping glades and verdant valleys. The City of Palms might 

 still be hidden under that forest, whence the old castle just shows its 

 battlements. The plains of Gilgal might still be full of prosperous 

 people, with cottages concealed under that abundant shade ; and 

 that dread Sea itself shines and sparkles as if its waters rolled in 

 pure and refreshing waves ' o'er coral rocks and amber beds.' 



" The road from hence to Jerusalem is drear and barren, and 

 nothing but Bethany occurred to divert my thoughts from dwelling 

 on the beautiful Dead Sea." 



On Eupyrchroite Phosphorite of Crown Point, New York. By 

 Charles T. Jacksoi^ , M.D., Assayer to the State of Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



The specimens of Eupyrchroite which I have analyzed, were 

 sent to me by Mr C. F. Hammond of Crown Point, and he 

 writes to me, that one hundred tons of the mineral have 



