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right-hand corner of Fig. 1, Plate IV. This pit has a depth of about 

 two inches, a length of about three inches, and a width of about one inch. 

 Its depth is in the direction of movement of the mass. The edges and 

 whole interior of the pit are rounded. At one end it runs off into a nar- 

 row and irregular crevice. Another pit of this same general nature may 

 be seen below the boss in Fig. 1 , Plate IV. It is smaller and shallower. 

 Several cylindrical pits half an inch or less in diameter are also scattered 

 over the front surface of the meteorite, their depth being in the direction 

 of movement of the mass. A long, irregular crevice shown at the left 

 in the side view, Plate III, may also be noted among the markings of 

 the front surface. All these deep pits and crevices are probably produced 

 by the melting out of some fusible constituent or the enlargement of 

 some lines of cleavage. While the surface of the meteorite just described 

 was undoubtedly the front one in descending, it was not the one upon 

 which the meteorite lay. On the contrary it was that which was upper- 

 most. This is shown by its greater brightness and smoothness as com- 

 pared with the opposite side. A plainly marked soil line passes around 

 the meteorite approximately along the median line of the edge of the 

 shield and the discoloration and oxidation of the surface below this line 

 show the mass to have been imbedded in soil to this depth. Like many 

 other iron meteorites, this one seems to have turned on striking so that 

 the front side lay uppermost. 



The sides of the shield are, as has been said, in part perpendicular 

 and in part sloping. Where they are perpendicular the meteorite is 

 thick, where sloping, thin. The striae of the ridge previously described 

 pass partly over the thick, perpendicular side of the meteorite and as 

 a rule terminate rather abruptly about half-way over the side. Along 

 the line of termination may be seen partly turned-over edges like 

 those which characterize other iron meteorites such as Algoma and 

 N'Goureyma. 



The rear side of the meteorite, shown in Fig. 2, Plate IV, is more uni- 

 formly and deeply pitted than the front side. The pits are broad, irregu- 

 lar, shallow depressions of a relatively uniform depth of one half to one 

 inch (1-2 cm.). There are no striations on the rear side as there are on 

 the front side. The pittings of the rear side are quite uniform in their 

 general appearance except over a triangular area covering about a foot 

 square and sharply depressed below the general surface. Here the 

 pittings are much smaller and in addition numerous, slightly rounded, 

 semi-angular protuberances project. These protuberances are evi- 

 dently cleavage angles rounded by fusion. The area is shown at the 

 right in the figure previously referred to (Fig. 2, Plate IV). This area 

 was evidently produced by the separation of a portion of the meteorite 



