PROCEEDINGS OF THE CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 



195 



Soluble in Hydrochloric Acid, but Insoluble in Acetic. 



Total Soluble in Hydrochloric Acid, 4-712 3"802 



Insoluble in Acids. 



100-000 10000 



SOIL FROM THE FARM OF MR SHIRRIFF, SALTCOATS, DREM. 



This soil was a somewhat stiff clay loam, which dried up into 

 rather firm clods, which, however, softened down rapidly with 

 water. Its colour, when dry, was dark grey. It contained 

 small particles of carbonate of lime ; and the gravel consisted of 

 rounded fragments of what appeared to be a disintegrated trap. 

 They were all small, only a few of them reaching the size of a 

 horse bean. The subsoil was paler, and had more of a yellowish 

 shade, and the gravel was similar in all respects to that found in 

 the soil. 



