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11. That the regions explored by Captain Parry 

 have afforded various interesting and highly useful 

 ores, such as octahedral, or magnetic iron ore, 

 rhomboidal or red iron ore, prismatic or brown 

 iron ore, and chromate of iron ; also the common 

 ore of copper, or copper pyrites, and sulphuret of 

 molybdaena ; ore of titanium, and that valuable 

 mineral, graphite or blacklead. 



12. That gems are not wanting in the Arctic 

 regions, is proved by the abundance of the precious 

 garnet, which on more particular examination of 

 the primitive rocks, will no doubt be found to pre- 

 sent all the beautiful colours and elegant forms for 

 which that stone is so much admired. Rock-crystal, 

 bervl, and zircon have also been met with. 



13. That these countries exhibit the same general 

 geognostical arrangements as occur in other coun- 

 tries examined by the naturalist ; " a fact," says the 

 Professor, " which strengthens that opinion, which 

 maintains that the great features of nature, in the 

 mineral kingdom, are every where similar, and 

 consequently that the same general agencies must 

 have prevailed generally during the formation of 

 the solid mass of the earth." 



14. And Professor Jameson concludes his re- 

 marks, in the 14th paragraph, with a general 

 observation, so beautifully expressed in language, 

 and so true in substance, that it would be well 

 worth the attention of the modern physiologist, 



