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Plate XLIII (Frontispiece) were together and in contact at the upper 

 end of the fall. The top of these projected about four inches above 

 the soil and the lowest point to which they reached was perhaps two 

 feet below the surface. Beside these large pieces a quantity of smaller 

 fragments more or less imbedded in the ground extended down the 

 slope in a northwest direction for a distance of from 15 to 20 feet in 

 a gourd-shaped area which was perhaps six feet wide at the widest 

 point. The accompanying section and plan (Fig. 1) from a sketch by 

 Prof. Willard will give an approximate idea of the manner in which 

 the fragments lay. The location of the spot where the meteorite was 

 found is about three miles west of the present town of Long Island, 



Fig. 1. Section and plan showing nature of occurrence in place of the Long Island meteorite. 



one-half mile east of the west line of Phillips County and three miles 

 south of the Kansas-Nebraska State line. It is from the neighboring 

 town of Long Island that the meteorite takes its name. With regard 

 to the time of the fall no knowledge has yet been obtained. The 

 stone was noticed by early comers to the region and was generally 

 reputed to be a meteorite, so that visitors had in many cases taken 

 away pieces as curiosities. That the mass had lain a number of years 

 in place is proved by the coating of carbonate of lime, in some places 

 two or three millimeters in thickness, which encrusts many of the 

 pieces. Further evidence of the long exposure of the stone is given 

 by the weathered character and rusty brown color of the surface of 

 exposed fragments of the stone in contrast to the dark green color of 

 their interior. The meteorite as collected by Prof. Willard was 



