332 Natural Ice-House. 
There is a large fissure which is open towards the west, 
I think, or south-west ; above it a projecting cliff excludes 
the direct rays of the sun, from falling into the cavity, which 
recedes, under the incumbent mass, at an angle of about 
forty or fifty degrees. 
During the winter, the cavern is filled with snow, by the 
driving storms, that sweep over the mountain range, with 
great violence. 
We found plenty of ice with which we cooled our liquors, 
and, I was informed by several of the oldest inhabitants of 
the town, that there was ice there during the whole year. 
ou can get a particular and correct account of this curi- 
ous depot, from Professor Dewey of Williams College, who 
I presume has been to it, or will go, to gratify that very 
commendable and zealous passion, which he has evinced, to 
advance the natural history of our country. 
With the highest respect, I have the honour to be 
our most obedient servant, 
H. A. S. DEARBORN. 
Additional particulars communicated by Mr. Tuomas Ives, 
of Yale College. 
Pror. Sinuiman, 
by two or three landing places or steps ; also assisted by 
in the neighbourhood by the name of the snow-hole, the 
contents being rather snow than ice—a mixture of both. The 
distance from the College is between four and five miles. 
