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forms starting from the metallic borders at the right and extending 
inward into the spongy mass of the interior. The appearance in 
every way suggests the beginnings of crystallization, which have been 
interrupted b}^ changed conditions. If I am right in this, the Admire 
meteorite, as it will be known, is by far one of the most important 
and interesting of recent finds. 
This find adds one more to the long list of meteorites for which 
Kansas is becoming noted, making eleven thus far reported. Atten- 
tion has been called to this remarkable condition of afi'airs by Preston, 
from whose paper ^ the following table is taken, with the addition of 
the Admire fall here described: 
Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County kilos. . 11.5 
Brenham, Kiowa County kilos . . 900. 
Farnaington, Washington County kilos. . 84. 
Ottawa, Franklin County grams. . 876. 
Waconda, Mitchell County kilos . . 26. 
Oakley, Logan County do. . . 27. 9 
Ness County do.. . 10. 9 
Kansada (Ness County) do. . . 9. 2 
Jerome, Gove County do . . . 31.4 
Prairie Dog Creek, Decatur Countv do ... 2. 9 
Long Island, Phillips County do . . . 534. 6 
Admire, Lyon County do . . . 22. 
In order to bring out more plainly the striking features of the case, 
I append hereto a map of the region, on which the positions of the 
various falls are approximatel}^ noted. (Plate LVI). 
The Kansada stone should probably be considered a part of the Ness 
County fall. The amount of the Ness Count}' material, as given by 
Preston, has been very considerably increased, the United States 
National Museiun alone having eleven stones, weighing altogether 
2,044 grams. 
It is possible, indeed probable, that this condition of afi'airs is not 
so remarkable or anomalous as maj^ at first appear, since, as is well 
known, Kansas is a country but little forested, in which the surface 
rocks, so far as exposed, are of a calcareous or sandy nature, and in 
which the drift is, as a whole, small and inconspicuous. Hence, in 
plowing, any unusual bowlder turned up would naturalh^ excite the 
interest of the inhabitants. More than this, the prices which dealers 
have been willing to pay for the materials have naturally excited the 
interest of the agriculturists, who, having their wits sharpened, are 
continually on the lookout for new materials. It is safe to say that the 
same number of falls might have occurred in other States, and. under 
less favorable conditions, the materials been entirely overlooked. 
1 Am. Jour. Science, IX, June, 1900, pp. 410-412. 
