Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History. 289 



Ores of Metals. 



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267. Copper ore, from Nyamesis, near Merimancke River, thirty- 

 miles from Boston. 



268. A copper ore, green and shining. 



274. A rich iron ore from Pettiquamscutt. 



275. Iron ore from near Providence, called bogg ore. 



276. A sort of hematites from the upper lands above New Haven. 



277. Loadstone from near Acqunck. 



278. A bright natural steel ore, very magnetic. 

 280. Steel ore from near Tantinsquese. 



286. A brownish, flakey iron ore, from the banks of Hartford riv- 

 ulet. 



jEtites 



293. Small smooth stones like vetches, from the bottom of Merimanke 



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$ and 21 



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306. Tin ore near Lyme. 



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[Nos. 307 to 318 are only sand and spar c. #.] 



319. Fine lead from the upland parts. 



320. Fine black lead c. \ of <L , from Tantinsquese ; wh.ch makes 



fine furnaces and crucibles. 



321. Spar, in which the black lead grows. 



323. A sort of bismuth, from Hudson's River above New York. 



Marcasites, ( Pyrites. ) 

 327. Fragments of greenish sulphureous marcasite, from Mount Tom 

 and Holyoke, each side Connecticut River. 



329. A rich marcasite of C • 



330. A marcasite of ? , near Mendum. 



331. Cubic marcasites c. <£• 



333. Marcasites from among the black lead, from Tantinsquese. 

 N. B. One sort of pyrites always relents in moist air. 

 340. Pyrites c. 9 , from Acqunck-hill. 



345. Black and white speckled metallic stones, from a pond's side in 

 Fisher's Island. 



