1865. 



191 



[Lesley. 



Judge Wilcox's old mansion, about 425 feet above the Valley. 

 Lowest coal-bed, about 300 feet above the Well in the Vallc)^ 



14 



First sand rock made up of quartz crystals 



Slate rocks and thin sands . . . 85 ^ 



Sand rocks and some slates . . • '^^ f Chemung ? 



Slate rocks and thin sands . . . 77 ^ 



Second sand rock made up of quartz crystals . . . . .20 



Slate rocks, &c 43" 



Sand rocks, &c 48 



" Soapstone" (compact clays) . . 65 



Dark sandy rocks, about . . .40 



" Soapstone" (clay beds) about . . 60 



Total, present sinking, Dec. 1, 1865, 914 



Or, below the coal, about ........ 1200 



Portage ? 



209 



256 



Mr. Chase referred to the lately published hydrogen sul- 

 phur tests of Mr. Barrett in England, and thought they afford 

 a plausible explanation of the production of the peculiar odor 

 so often noticed in connection with the striking of objects by 

 lightning. 



Mr. Marsh described his observations on the nights of the 

 12th and 13th of November from his window in Germantown, 

 looking towards the radiant point in the northeast. Even 

 under these unfavorable circumstances he was able to observe 

 66 meteors in 96 minutes. The hourly average has therefore 

 been steadily on the increase for the last four years, giving a 

 good reason for expecting the grand maximum next year. 



Dr. Wilcox described the phenomenon as he saw it in 

 the country from 11 P. M. to 5 J A. M. About midnight two 

 meteors rose from the horizon and vanished upwards ; many 



