Notice of a Rocking Stone. 9 
Art. Il.—Notice of a Rocking Stone. 
ProvinEnce, July 28, 1825. 
TO THE EDITOR. : 
DeEAR 
I raxe the liberty to transmit you drawings, and a short 
description of two Rocking Stones that exist in this vicinity. 
No notice of these has ever been published, except a very 
hasty one, drawn up by myself, for one of our newspapers. 
f you conceive that it would subserve any useful purpose 
to publish this account in the next number of your Journal, 
itis at your service. ‘Fhe subject has lost much of its in- 
terest, since it has been ascertained, that these moveable 
rocks are of not very rare occurrence in this section of our 
country ; but one of these I suspect equals, if it does not sur- 
pass in stze, any that has yet been descri 
Upon S. Brown’s farm, in North Providence, 33} ais from 
this town, there is a Sroad bed of limestone, which rises 3 
ot 4 feet above the surface of the earth. Upon this bed lie 
the two bowlders, of which Fig. 1, is a south-west view. The 
rock A is so poised upon the imbedded rock and the top of 
its fellow, that it can be easily moved back and forth 4 or 5 
inches with one hand, though it probably weighs 8 or 10 
tons. It iseven moved by the winds when they blow brisk- 
Jy from the south east. 
. 2 presents a north-east view of a tigre cht ae which 
is found ona pee belonging to Mr. Paine of Smithfield. It 
is 12 miles north of this town. 
It is a bowlder of granite, and reposes upon a mass of the 
same kind of rock. Thereis considerable resemblance in 
its form to the rocking stone described in No. L. Vol. IX. of 
your Journal. It is an irregular pyramid, 15 feet in height, 
and 12 feet in diameter at the base. Itis omer to weigh 
can be made to oscillate 4 or 5 inches. When moving, the 
rock appears about to tumble down the declivity upon which 
it is situate, and very few have the resolution to stand near its 
north-east side while it is moving. ft is probable, however, 
that it will ever remain in its present situation; as many years 
since, a number of men, — with levers, ropes, and 
Vou. X.--No. 1. 2 
