236 ACCOUNT OP THE MINEUALOGY 



I here had the good fortune to procure some very good spe- 

 cimens of the metal, in rather larger bulk than usual, very 

 beautifully crystallized, with some of the sprays forming the 

 nuclei of radiated mesotype; which, when considered in a geo- 

 logical point of view, is a circumstance highly deserving atten- 

 tion. Here the native copper is found in amygdaloid, at no 

 great distance from the spot where we saw a bed of the same 

 material covered with the most decided marks of fusion. It 

 does not traverse it in veins, but is disseminated in minute par- 

 ticles, and sometimes presents crystallizations, equal in beauty 

 to any from the veins of Cornwall, although imbedded in the 

 solid substance of the rock, through which it branches with the 

 utmost elegance and freedom. 



The places I have mentioned as the localities of these 

 minerals, with one or two others, rather of less note, were 

 the only spots we landed at. There were many others, which 

 appeared sufficiently inviting ; but from the roughness of the 

 waves, and the quantity of sunken rocks, we could not with 

 safety approach them. 



Having delayed some time, vainly waiting for good weather, 

 we at , last proceeded to the western coast of Stromoe, and 

 took up our lodgings at Quivig, in the house of the priest, Mr 

 HoLJj. During our voyage to this place, the mist lay so 

 thick upon the islands, that we seldom could see the summit 

 of the cliffs, near which we were obliged to steer, in order to 

 keep our course. 



Our host at Quivig, was tlie only person whom we met with 



in Faroe, in the habit of collecting its mineral productions ; 



and although he did not appear to have made a very good 



.selection for himself, yet he conducted us to different ca- 



.vities on the shore, from which we obtained some of the finest 



u.aeolites that ever were brought from these islands. Some of the 



cavities 



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