204 Geology, &c. of the Connecticut. 
nd even ladies not unfrequently enter this cavity, and find 
themselves amply repaid for their trouble.* 
2. Vein of Galena in Whately. 
This occurs in the north west part of the town, and I for- 
merly supposed it a continuation of the Southampton vein. 
But the Southampton vein runs north east and south west, 
and this in Whately almost exactly north and south. Be- 
sides, the Southampton vein must turn almost at right angles 
from Hatfield, in order to be found in the north west part of 
hately. 
_ ‘This vein may be traced at intervals one hundred rods, 
and extends into the edge of Conway. At the extremities 
it traverses mica slate ; butin the middle, it cuts through an 
extensive bed of granite. Its diameter is usually six or sev- 
en feet, and the gangue is wholly common and radiated 
quartz. Galena, which is the only ore found in this vein, 
is disseminated through this matrix in considerable abun- 
dance. Very few efforts have been made to explore this 
vein, though appearances at the surface are not unfavora- 
ble ; and if a horizontal drift were necessary, a deep valley 
within a few rods on the west, would afford a favourable op- 
tunity for making it. As nearly as I.could determine, this 
vein is not far from perpendicular to the horizon. 
3. Vein of Galena in Leverett. 
In the south west part of the town—traversing granite— 
only a foot wide—gangue, sulphate of barytes—deviation 
north and south—galena the only ore. 
A. Vein of Galena, Pyritous Copper and Blende, in Leverett. 
_ About two miles north of the vein last mentioned; and it 
ay be a continuation of it. The gangue is quartz, united 
ith sulphate of barytes ; and the galena and pyritous cop- 
per are disseminated through it in nearly equal quantities. 
*I have often thonght Professor Cleaveland must have selected the ap- 
propriate motto prefixed to his Mineralogy,. when entering this or some 
similar drift. , 
SR ne SN itumest in viscera terrae &c, 
