194 Miscellmiies. 



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Note 



In the article in the 



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present number of this Journal, entitled "Mountains in New York," the 

 angular depression of Whiteface Mountain from Mt. Marcy is quoted erro- 

 neously from the report of Prof. Emmons at 15'. The depression of 15' 



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high peak situated a short distance S. E. from Mt. Marcy. At the time 

 of writing the article I had not access to the report of Prof Emmons. 

 The error originated in the use of some rough and imperfect notes in 

 pencil made nearly a year since, and which were in consequence partially 

 defaced. The denressinn f^£\^' nf 



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very nearly with the difference (234 ft.) in elevation of those two peaks, 

 comparing the height of the latter as given "approximately by levelling', 

 by Prof. E., and the former as determined trigonometrically by myself 



15. A Northern Lynx taJcen in Connecticut— A wild animal of the 

 genus Felis, was trapped at Southington, Conn., during the night of March 

 21, 1839, and was shot the next morning by the person who found it in 

 the trap. It weighs thirty-two pounds. Its length is nearly three feet ; 

 tad about four inches long and tipped with black. The species to which 

 It belongs IS probably the F. borealis, Temm., although it does not en- 

 tirely agree with the description given in Richardson's Fanua Boreali- 

 Amertcana. Further investigation is requisite to settle the species satis- 



actotily especially as the Lynxes of North America are not yet well de- 

 termined The animal in question, doubtless strayed from the north, 

 and Its like is rarely seen within the limits of this State. E. C H. 



16. Preservation of animal fat for Soap Making, by D. Tomlinson, 

 ^chenectac^y, July, 1838.-Fat saved for making soap soon passes, espe- 

 cially in hot weather, to a spoiled and offensive condition ; sometimes 



vitn the loss, m this manner, of the fat, or it is devoured by rats. None 

 uie.e occurrences happen in my house : nor is the fat boiled in lye to 

 nrpn! A ^"T ^^^ ^^'' ^' '^ ^^ s^^^d fro™ time to time, is put into a 

 Zl2t T ■ ?/ '"'^"^ ^J'" '^ ^'^^^'^ t° 't- As it accumulates in 

 cask Ls fn r.!" ' ^""^ ''^''^'^'"^"J' stirred by a stick. When the 



^'' ^^^ ^^P »s already made and ready for use. The lye cask 



