of parts of South and North Carolina. 3 
whetstones. Fragments of this schistus are often used as 
“red chalk,” and probably by the Indians as paint. They 
used the various ochres which abound ‘through the clay 
country for the latter purpose, and the present inhabitants 
employ them in dying. D* is a specimen from Lincoln 
County, North Carolina. In that county and York district, 
South Carolina, are extensive iron works, richly supplied 
on the spot with productive ore. C, was obtained from a 
quarry in Anson County, North Carolina, and there is a 
quarry of the same kind on the estate of Gen. Davie, at 
Handsford, on Catawba river, in Chester district, South 
Carolina. Arrowheads of quartz, flint, and schistus, are 
found every where through the clay region. On Broad riv- 
er, within its limits, and in the distriet of ————, South 
Carolina, li me has been found, which is thought to be 
of the best quality for making lime: I have seen no speci- 
mens of it. . Re. Eig 
Thousands of acres in North and South Carolina, consist 
of small irregular fragments of opaque white or rose colour- 
ed quartz, and the poverty of the land is in proportion to 
the quantity of this quartz mixed with the clay. Poor 
ridges of this kind produce nothing but a dwarfish deformed 
oak, called blackjack. PE no's ‘ye 
_ ‘The Gold country lies in Cabarras County, North Caro- 
lina, where the gold is found in small pieces, from the size 
of half a pea to mere dust, in the beds-of little rills empty- 
ing into the waters of Rocky River. a 
Fine specimens of pyrites (iron) are found in Newberry 
district, South Carolina. Isinglass in wide plates, and pitch 
stone, are frequently met with. fe 
3. The Mountains are granite, and, of course, among 
them are found the minerals usually accompanying the — 
primitive rocks. Rock crystal, antimony, and carburet of 
iron, I have seen from Pendleton and Greenville, in this 
dotted with innumerable exceedingly minute red points of some decom- 
—_C, has much the cl of ‘a true whetstone slate ina state of par- 
# ition. Edito = ; as ik a : * 
tial dece m po: ems : 
* D, isa fine €peci n of the compact oxid of titanium, aad: SAS 
pebble, of i if d bs | rter in diam ter.—F-dilor. 3 e 
