406 Miscellanies. 
stone; also compound of Cyclades. Some of the clays present deeply 
surfaces; and many of these are studded over with elevated 
ramose sub-cylindrical casts of vegetable stems, peprwaky of some of 
the grasses. 
36. Supplement to Prof. Loomis’s Paper, at p. 266 of this No.— 
The following table shows the average cloudiness of the different 
months at Nantucket, Mass., deduced from observations taken from 
April, 1843, to July, 1845, by Miss Maria Mitchell. It was received 
too late for insertion in its proper connection at page 281 of this No. 
8 a. mM. Noon. 4 P.M. 
March, 6°19. 6:21 6°08 
April, 547 5-93 6-09 
May, . B52 524 535 
June, 3°43 3°51 4°24 
July, 3°85 345 364 
A ts 4:46 + 4°67 4°15 
_. September, 4-79 481 4:89 
October, 5:36 4:83 4-87 
November, 5°20 5°64 5°78 
December, . 6-48 6°30 6°05 
_ January, é 6°41 5°81 5°35 
_ February, . 5:47 5-09 521 . 
as The results * the Geveetin observations, sti i by seasons, are 
“wetehoiny: ghee ee 
ele. Meee Lay ae “tee OOM. 4 P.M ait: 
Spring, 4 kg UR cs ee ae 
Summer, . a | 8885000 BOL gee. 
Autumn, . j ; 5:12 5-09 Ae Wc ee 
Winter, 4.0% o> sugaI2 FS... -: Ae ae! 
Year, : 5:22 5: 19.7" @ 14 
37. Burning Well; communicated in a letter from P. B. int 
dated Gustavus, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1845.—The land near the centre of 
the township of Southington, Trumbull County,, Ohio, is low and boggy; 
although water is not easily found by digging... The soil at the surface 
is clay, with some sand, and the rock below in this district is a light 
colored sandstone, which underlies the coal strata of Ohio and western 
Pe ia. No coal has ever been found here below this rock, of 
north — of this —_- The nearest beds of workable coal are 
twenty miles distant, 
A pit was sunk for. orate ich region in aids? by Mr, Wanne+ 
maker to a depth of wiaad four feet, an was” = eontinned sixty seven 
