a as large as a thumb or finger,—so as to be quite por- 
ni Bete Ber were sometimes granite and sometimes gneiss 
in the Counties of New-Haven and Latchfield. 205 
yond Watertown we come to ledges of granite constituting 
a considerable hill. Here I found much of the graphic gra- 
-hite and radiated or plumose mica, both very handsome in 
their kind. The feldspar of the granite was white with a 
high pearly lustre, and the grey quartz was delicately inter- 
‘pe in graphic forms. The specimens were of extreme 
delicacy. 
“Mica-Slate. ; 
Asi Porsseaiea: the granite soon changed again into mica- 
3 Bisse, and this continued without exception, quite to Litch- 
fi 
eld. It often contained panes and occasionally stauro- 
- tide, and I saw loose masses of granite, with crystals of 
black tourmalin; while ial “Litehfield-bill numerous loose 
blocks were to be seen of primitive limestone containing 
tremolite. In fact, the | loose stones through the whole ride 
from Woodbridge hills were very numerous, but they were 
altogether fragments of primitive rope oH ie granite, 
sometimes with the component parts very dist 
Frequently the loose rocks contained eee of feld- 
: Litchfield-Ehill. 
ote isa beautiful spot. One poe street. 
mo 
isieiiocted however by some cross-streets) exte 
an aumile in length,and contains a collection of very hand- 
" some houses, with gardens and court-yards—the houses and 
appendages are generally painted white, and it is rare to see 
80 considerable a number of houses in a country town 
where nearly all sg tpieide sig ee oh ten In gland 
is with the rich ninteagst sian which surrounds it,— 
swelled i into deans} hills, and scooped into luxuriant val- 
ies, ever: covered with lively: verdure and with cul- 
tivated fields—it presents a ay interesting and gratifying 
Seems 
‘Litchfield hill reposes on mica-slate, and this on the road 
oshen, continues to be the prevailing rock. Ji often 
abounds with garnets and staurotide—some of the crystals 
ally large. 
MEU CHM 
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