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Jupiter and the smallest meteor, (say the size of a walnut,) there 

 is an unbroken series of planets." Whoever, then, finds a meteor 

 and believes in this theory, may congratulate himself upon being 

 the possessor of an entire planet ! The geologist desires to exam- 

 ine them, because he finds out what other worlds are made of 

 No meteor yet discovered has revealed the existence of any chemi- 

 cal element not known upon our own globe ; but wc know not 

 what may be found in specimens from new localities. 



B. GEOLOGY OF THE SCHOODIC REGION. 

 In the eastern part of Maine are two groups of large lakes, com- 

 monly known as the Eastern and the Western Schoodic lakes, 

 although this designation is not found upon the maps. The former 

 form the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, while the 

 latter are entirely within the limits of Maine. These waters give 

 rise to two large streams, which unite at the north-east corner of 

 Baile^'^ville, and flow into Passamaquoddy bay. This river has the 

 name of the St. Croix, and the same name is commonly given to 

 the eastern branch in connection with it ; but the western branch is 

 not named upon the maps. This name of the river was given by 

 the early French settlers. The Indians called the western branch 

 the Kennebasis ; the eastern branch the Chepedneck, often spelled 

 Cheputnecticook ; and the united waters the Schoodic river, sig- 

 nifying low and swampy ground : thus manifesting a more philo- 

 sophical view of things than their successors. These Indian names 

 are partly in use now ; and in the hope that the designations may 

 become permanent we will adopt names which seem the most ap- 

 propriate. First, then, we have the name Schoodic to be applied 

 to the lakes in general, with the primary division into eastern and 

 western. Secondly, we would adopt the Indian names for the two 

 branches, the Chepedneck and the Kennebasis. And thirdly, we 

 would use the name St. Croix for the main river below the junc- 

 tion of the two branches. If the names given in the Treaty of 

 1842 compel the use of St. Croix for the Chepedneck, we can cer- 

 tainly retain every other proposed name. And in describing the 

 geology of this part of the country we will speak first of the coun- 

 try watered by the western Schoodic lakes and the Kennebasis ; 

 secondly, of the country bordering upon the St. Croix and Cheped- 

 neck rivers ; and thirdly, of the country watered by the eastern 

 Schoodic lakes. 

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