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by the last phrase (' I have communicated all the necessary indica- 

 tions to Mr Lawrence Smith, American mineralogist in the service 

 of the Porte, and he proposes to develop my discovery ') ; because, 

 in reading this it would appear that 1 was entirely ignorant of the 

 existence of the emery alluded to, in Asia Minor, and that the first 

 information given me was by M. Tchihatcheff, on returning from 

 his voyage in December 1847. I wish in no way to affect his right 

 to the observations upon the emery which he found between Eski- 

 hissar and Melas, in December 1847, situated more southerly than 

 any of the localities to which my own observations had extended ; 

 but I am e(jually desirous to have my own discoveries attributed 

 to me. 



" It was in the month of November 1846 that a merchant in 

 Smyrna shewed me specimens of emery, said to come from Kuia 

 (about 80 miles east of Smyrna). The importance of this mineral 

 led me, early in 1847, to visit Smyrna for the purpose of investigat- 

 ing this matter. On my second visit to this city I was shewn other 

 specimens coming from the neighboui'hood of Ephesus, and which, 

 being nearer than Kula, I at once visited. About 12 miles to the 

 east of Ephesus, near to the village of Gumuchkeny, and on the 

 summit of Giunuchdagh, I discovered emery in situ ; however, be- 

 foi'e arriving there, I saw this same mineral more or less scattered 

 over the country. The Turkish Government, to whom I communi- 

 cated the importance of this discovery, sent a commission with me 

 to examine the region in the month of May 1847, a fact which was 

 announced publicly in the Journal of Constantinople, the 16th May 

 1847, in the following words : — ' It is some time since Monsieur le 

 Docteur Smith, American mineralogist, of whom we have had fre- 

 quent occasion to speak, discovered at Magnesia, near to Gumuch- 

 keny, an emery mine, and of which he brought specimens to Con- 

 stantinople. The Government has sent to the place a commission 

 composed of Dr Smith and some of the officers of the Imperial 

 Powder Works, to examine thoroughly into the importance of this 

 mine, and, according to the report that will be made, the Govern- 

 ment will decide on the steps to be taken with reference to it,' &c. 



" On our return, and after we had made our report on the develop- 

 ment of the emery formation in three distinct places, distant from 

 each other, to wit, in Gumuchdagh ; near to Kula ; and to the north 

 of Smyrna ; the monopoly of this mineral was offered for sale, and 

 purchased first by Mr Larigdon of Smyina, and subsequently by the 

 house of Abbott and Company, for the sum of 12,000,000 piastres 

 per annum (55,000 dollars), and about the month of August some 

 800 tons from the summit of Gumuchdagh were in England. Thus 

 when M. Tchihatcheff thought to have discovered this emery for 

 the first time in situ, in December 1847, and when he wrote to you 

 the following words : — ' The brilliant prospect that Asia Minor pre- 

 sents in reference to this mineral, and which I am happy to have 

 first pointed out, &c.,' and at the end, — ' I have communicated the 



