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as the fused corners of some of the particles attest. 



It is probably meteoric as it seems more nearly to agree 

 in shape and appearance with dust known to be such, al- 

 though close microscopic examination shows a slight dif- 

 ference from my meteoric samples. If meteoric as it ap- 

 pears to be, we can of course only trace its origin in fields 

 of conjecture and wonder that such an amount of matter 

 could come in contact with our atmosphere without caus- 

 ino; more disturbance. 



The amount which fell upon the territory where I have 

 traced the fall of it by the testimony of the inhabitants, 

 must amount to over ninteen thousand tons of matter, yet 

 it came so silently as to hardly excite surprise, and though 

 hundreds noticed it, no one but myself saved any of it for 

 future examination, and / only a limited quantity. 



[In the "Popular Science RevieAv," for Jan. 1871, an accoiuit of 

 a snow storm in Switzerland is given, in which the snow was col- 

 ored by dnst, which, after chemical and microscopical examintion, 

 was pronounced by eminent scientific men to be "meteoric," thus 

 supportini^ the views of the writer. — Eds.~\ 



INSECT MUNA OF CAMEL'S HUMP. 



By PHILIP S. SPRAGUE, Boston, Mass. 



I am induced to prepare this list of inseots, the result of a two 

 days Entomological tour on Camel's Hump, Aug. 11 and 12,^1869, 

 to encourage and assist others of Vermont in cultivating a taste for 

 this most fascinating science. You Avho have the time and inclina- 

 tion will find this subject a continual feast of pleasure, the gi-ound 

 has been but little ti'odden and you have an open field before you. 



