164 Native Iron from Canaan, Conn. 
It would be desirable that the different stations should be 
furnished with good barometers and rain and snow gages, 
that observations made with these instruments may be adde 
‘to the others, 7 
_ INTELLIGENCE AND MISCELLANIES. 
I. DOMESTIC. 
~ f. Notice of native Iron from Canaan, Conn —We are 
informed by Mr. Wa. BurRALtL, in a letter, dated August 
16th, 1826, that his father was surveying a piece of land on 
the mountain, about three years since, and by accident noti- 
ced a black vein in a quartz rock ; he pounded upon it some 
time with a stone, and with considerable difficulty got out 
two small pieces, the largest of which is in our possession. 
- He has never been at the place since ; and probably no oth- 
er person has ever discovered it, or knows where it is. It is 
surrounded by woods one or two miles on every side ; and 
is on the top of a mountain 700 or 800 feet above the com- 
mon average of the land in the town. Mr. Burrall says there 
is evidence in that quarter of masses of iron, or its ores, 0 
considerable extent, as his compass was materially affected ; 
but the particular vein from which he obtained the pieces, 
appeared to be of no great extent; and the width of it is the 
same as that of the piece in our possession, which measures 
two inches wide, and two thick. It weighs eight ounces. 
The fellowing notice of the same facts has been received 
from Mr. C. A. Lee. 
Native Iron, on Canaan mountain, a mile and a half 
from the south meeting-house. This is particularly interest- 
ing, as itis the first instance in which native Iron, not me- 
teoric, has been found in America. It was discovered by 
Maj. Burrall of Canaan, while employed in surveying, sev- 
eral years ago. li formed a thin stratum or plate, in a mass 
of mica slate, which seemed to have been broken from an ad- 
joini . It presents the usual characters of native 
on, and is easily malleable. For some distance around 
thé place where it was found the needle will not traverse, and, 
a great proportion of the tallest trees have been struck with 
