NATURAL HISTORY, 
vallies, and which nearly corresponds with the dip 
of the different formations, may have destroyed and 
drifted some ancient forest then existent in the 
Vicinity, to its present situation under the Debris 
of the rock strata, thro’ what may previously have 
been an inland lake—the imperfect mineralization 
of the wood—its comparatively superficial situation, 
and many other circumstances tend to confirm this 
view, 
Having given a general description of the rock 
strata of the District, and their probable origin, we 
shall next enumerate the principal species and warie- 
ties of minerals they contain, that are objects of 
interest for scientific investigation, and arrangement 
in the cabinet, 
QUARTZ. 
Amorphous, 
Topazine—Associated with the tourmaline, 
Crystallized. 
Opaque. 
White—In the granite formation ; frequent. 
Black—Waytor mine. 
Transparent. 
Colourless—Granite and Slate; frequent ; 
and in J'lint on Haldon, 
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