24 Boué’s Geological and Miscellaneous Observations: 
and chalk, nearly like the deposit of the Parisian tertiary 
basin, except the accidental gypsum of Mont Martre. Y¥ 
there are many points of difference 
After this 1 visited the south of ‘Germany, and saw the 
salt deposit of Wirtemberg under the Muschelkalk in the 
red marl. Thence I passed to the German Alps, and from 
Switzerland to Hungary. I found that the limestone Alps 
contain ok red marl with salt, muschelkalk, one 
salt formation of Paanyivaait In this last country J re+ 
mained four months, where I saw the old transition porphy- 
ry with small veins of gold &c. at Kapnick, Naggag, &c. 
Every where marks of elevation and alteration of rocks 
like grauwacké. At Vorospatak grauwacké impregnated 
with gold, not only around gold porphyries, but also sup- 
ported and elev ry with which it is intermix- 
ed. I found: ‘gold in carbonized wood in recent grau- 
wac. 
Prom the Bukowina to Carlstadt is a great trachytic 
lomerate district with many interesting tertiary depos- 
its in the southern plain at the foot of the Wallachian chain, 
- This winter i fo aa to complete a geological map of 
this district, and hope to throw some light on many inter- 
esting points pars have been, not at all, or but ill descri- 
bed. In the Bannat, sienite forms in the transition rocks, 
ganglion like dykes, and at the contact of this sienite with 
beds of limestone, the latter is granular, containing copper 
and iron with garnet, amphibole, tafelspar &c. which 
have been generated between the limestone and_ the 
sienite 
Being desirous of going into Sclavonia, I was compelled 
to stop having had the misfortune to be a by my 
servant and coachman with the datura stramonium. On 
recovering my reason, I found that I had been robbed of 
Dot ' so © familiar to him a8 the French, will be eres in the interesting 
Youre &. Tere Ww. WEBSTER: : 
