398 Miscellanies. 
and having been at the spot, and obtained of Col. Scott, some of the 
fossil wood, a specimen of which I herewith present you, I can assure 
you of the truth of the facts above stated. 
That wood should be found at such a depth in the earth, in the 
valley of the Mississippi, excites no surprize, as the thing has fre- 
quently occurred ; but that it should be found between two strata of 
coal, is an interesting fact, and settled my opinion, which before was 
wavering, respecting the origin of that mineral. 
our obt. servant, Sayrs Gazuay. 
(From the same.) 
3. Inhumed Wood.—Mr. Samuel Hall, about 1817, was digging a 
well in Palmyra, Warren Co. Ohio, twenty miles from the Ohio riv- 
er, where the land is almost a dead level for miles, and not in the 
vicinity of any stream of water, it being high table land. At the 
depth of forty feet, he came upon the body of a pine tree, fifteen 
inches diameter, lying horizontally, in a natural and perfectly sound 
state. He was obliged to chop off the log at each side of the well; 
and Judge Lowe, who lives within two miles of the spot, was there 
within a few minutes after the log was drawn out, and assured me 
of the fact. 
That much of the land in the valley of the Mississippi, is ‘‘ made- 
land,” to the depth of forty feet or more, need not be doubted. 
A. A village lighted by natural gas.—(Communicated.)—The 
village of Fredonia in the western part of the state of New York 
presents this singular phenomenon. I was detained there a day in ~ 
October of last year, and had an opportunity of examining it at leis- 
ure. The village is forty miles from Buffalo, and about two from 
Lake Erie; a smail but rapid stream called the Canadaway passes 
through it, and after turning several mills discharges itself into the lake 
below 5 ; near the mouth is a small harbor with a light house. While 
removing an old mill which stood partly over this stream in Fredonia, 
bbl break frequently from 
the water. saat on trial were found to be inflammable. A company 
was formed, and a hole, an inch and a half in diameter, being bored 
through the rock, a soft fetid limestone, the gas left its natural chan- 
nel and ascended through this. A gazometer was then constructed, 
with small house for its. protection, and pipes being laid, the gas 1s 
the whole village. One hundred lights are fed from 
