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one side polished ; same as the marble used in the Girard College. 

 Quarry of Mr. Cliester Goodale. 



27. Striped Marble. Sheffield Mass. ; a block of one cubic foot, one 

 side polished. Quarry of Mr. Chester Goodale. 



28. White Statuary Marble. West Rutland, Vt. ; dressed block of 

 one cubic foot, one side polished. 



29. Striped Marble. West Rutland, Vt. 



30. Brocatella Marble. West Rutland, Vt. 



31. Marble, Muddy Layer. West Rutland, Vt. 



32. Striped Marble. West Rutland, Vt. The preceding five speci- 

 mens are blocks of one cubic foot each, three of the lateral faces 

 dressed in various modes with one face polished, the upper side show- 

 ing the fracture of the stone. These blocks are from the new quarry 

 of Sheldon & Slason, presented by the owners through W. U. Rowell, 

 Esq., of Rutland. 



33. White Crystalline Marble. Tuckahoe, N. Y.; a dressed block 

 of one cubic foot, one face polished, the upper side showing fresh frac- 

 ture ; from Masterton & Hall. 



34. White Crystalline Marble. Tuckahoe, N. Y., a cubic block of 

 six inches square, one face polished ; from Masterton & Hall. 



35. Clouded Marble. A block of 10x7x5 inches, dressed, with one 

 face polished. 



36. Clouded Marble. A dressed block of 8x5x4 inches (blocks 54 

 and 36 have been received as coming from Dutchess county, par- 

 ticular source unknown). 



37. Clouded Marble. A dressed cubic block of six inches square, 

 one side polished ; from the Berkshire Marble Company, Alford, Mass. 



38. White Crystalline Marble. A dressed block of 12xSx6 inches, 

 with one face polished ; locality unknown, probably Tuckahoe or 

 Hastings, N. Y. 



39. White Marble. A dressed block of 9x9x6 inches, locality un- 

 known. 



40. Clouded Marble. A dressed block of 6x6x9 inches; locality 

 unknown.* 



41. White Crystalline Marble. A dressed block of 16x12x8 inches, 

 with one face polished ; from the State quarries at Sing Sing. 



42. Gray Crystalline Marble. A dressed block of one cubic foot, 

 one face polished ; Hastings, N. Y. 



43. White Marble, coarsely crystalline. A dressed block of ten 

 inches cube, one side polished ; Hastings, N, Y. 



44. Gray Marble. A block of 12x12x18 inches, two sides dressed ; 

 from Stockbridge, Mass. 



45. Serpentine Marble, Verd Antique. A dressed block of eleven 

 inches cube, with one face polished ; from the quarry of Mr. Walton, 

 Port Henry, N. Y. 



46. Serpentine Marble, Verd Antique. Port Hctiry, N. Y. A 

 specimen dressed as a pillar with sqaro base of 9x9 inches and 15 inches 

 high, moulded above, with cylindrical shaft of two feet high ; from 

 -Sherman, Esq., of Port Henry, Essex county, N. Y. 



47. Serpentine Marble, Verd Antique. A rough slab of 12x18x4 ; 

 Port Henry, Essex county, N. Y. 



* Several specimens have been sent to the collection without the localities having been 

 communicated to the writer. 



