THE MUSEUM. 



105, 



A new design for Entomologists collecting and killing bottle. Square glass in sides. 



Concretionary Granite. 



Vermont is one of the smallest of 

 the United States, being bat one hun- 

 dred and fifty seven miles in length, 

 and having an extreme width ol but 

 ninety miles; with an area of but little 

 more than ten thousand square miles. 

 Being one of the oldest of the states, 

 it is popularly supposed that there can 

 be little, or nothing, relating to its 

 geology that is new, or interesting 

 Yet this is a mistake. I doubt if any 

 locality of no greater area can furnish 

 a greater variety of interesting miner- 

 als than the little state of Vermont. 

 There are to be found within its bor- 

 ders upwards of one hundred different 

 simple minerals. These are combined 

 with one another, and in varying pro- 

 portions, so as to form an almost end- 

 less variety. Then many ages ago, 

 Vermont was sunk several hundred 

 feet beneath the surface of the sea, 

 where it remained for centuries. At 



ItMi-tJi. by the operation of some mys- 

 terii'M^ force, it was gradually raised 

 uDtil Its highest peaks are now more 

 tiia-i f(.ur thousand feet above the level 

 of ihe ( ctan. One result of this sub- 

 mergence is that there are hundreds 

 of sea beaches, scattered over various 

 parts cf the state, which is a never 

 failing source of delight to explore. 



Still I must admit, that, when the 

 beauty of a specimen is its sole, or 

 chief recommendation, those from Ver- 

 mont do not, as a whole, occupy a 

 front rank. However, there are many 

 very beautiful varieties of minerals to 

 be fov.nd in \'ermont, and one, which 

 has not yet been found outside the 

 state, with the exception of a single 

 locality in the town of Stanstead, just 

 across the Canadian border. I refer 

 to Concretionary or Nodular Granite, 

 which is found in its greatest perfec- 

 tion in the town of Craftsbury, in Or- 

 leans county and not far from the 



