Mineralogy, Geology, §&c. — 35 
you should think otherwise I trust you will excuse me for 
troubling you on the subject. I have forwarded some of 
the crystals* of selenite, found in this vicinity during the 
last season, a description of which was published in several 
— ~_ er of the day, which peti you might 
pe baies the honour to be, with respect, yours, &c. 
JOHN P. JENKINS. — 
Pror. Siituman. 
2. Notices in Geology and Mineralogy, pg orni: in 4 
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Our route a Niagara to this place was very interestin, zg 
tome. Wee own Lake Ontario to Sackett’s harbour, 
and thence ea the St. Lawrence to Salmon river, and 
then up Salmon river to French mills, from which we march- 
ed across the ccplipiamenmigaetiones 1 
miles, the g. 4 i wilderness. 1 
was careful to preserve s of the different rocks, and 
believe I could point on a map to the en 
tions of the country through which we marched. I 
some pains to examine the country from Fetiacces: 
Buffalo as it appeared on the Niagara river. The river 
oe thirty-five miles i in ¥ length, forms the well known 
t and Erie. Its 
width is from half a coe six miles. From Fort Niagarat 
to Lewistown, a distance of seven miles, the borders of the 
river are put a and from fifty to seventy fe feet 
ht. 
resting on a bed of red sand stone. “In some places large 
nn ome om toerbly aint and imbeel i 
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