3 Notice of Minerals from Palestine. 
A similar pebble, handsomely veined with black and 
ite. 
39. “ Nabi Jonas, near Sidon.” 
A white granular limestone, two pieces—knocking off a 
éeerner from one of them, | observed it to be fetid, like some 
of the primitive marbles a yin eee 
abi Jonas, from the to 
A dove-coloured, and white: ainda granular marble, fetid 
also on percussion. 
*s Nabi Jonas, from a modern monumen 
This is like the first two mentioned sae this head. 
* Beach above Nabi Jonas.” 
= white calcareous erat 
. ‘Gethsemane 
= brown conchoidal hornstone. 
a. * Picked up by Mr. King on the shore between Joppa 
and Cesarea.” 
is is a calcareous breccia, consisting of entire shells, 
cemented by calcareous matter, and fragments of shells ; 
évery part of it effervesces with acids ; it bas net a fetid 
a2 when struc 
2. “ Mount Lebanon.” . _ 
Teaainite of a yellowish colour and striated structure. 
Among the specimens from Lebanon and Carmel are many 
shells and other calcareous petrifactions. 
43. * From the ruins of an edifice in Tyre, said to have 
been one of the early Christian churches. 
This is a compact limestone, very nearly analogous to 
chalk ; there is upon it a cornice carved, and below it is 
painted green for the ground, with lines in reddish bllines 
and figures in agg 
44. From t Kernen, 20 miles north of Beyroot— 
found about 20 ‘silos north of Beyroot—from near Beyroot.” 
bere are six pieces with the above labels ; they are evi- 
dently from the same bed, and are very interesting. They 
are very similar to the yellowish compact marl, which con- 
fale ie etrified fish at Mount Bolca, near Verona. The 
eyroot is sometimes so compact that it resembles ~ 
mh alae limestones ; but it is without lustre, and in some 
ef the specimens, it is ‘so loose in its texture as to soil the 
—. by handling. Its colour is very light gray, inclining 
