164 Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 



36. Inexhaustible beds and quarries of coal have 

 already been discovered in the United- States, particu- 

 larly in the western parts, beyond the Allegeny-Moun- 

 tains. New mines of this invaluable article are dis- 

 covered daily, particularly upon the waters of the 

 river Susquehanna, as upon the Juniata, Sec. These 

 are among the most encouraging discoveries that are 

 made in our country : they show us, that Nature has 

 in store for us, one of the most valuable species of 

 fuel, when our forests, in the cultivated parts of the 

 country, shall become very scarce. Notwithstanding 

 this, however, it is to be hoped, that the inhabitants 

 of the United-States will, in future, be more careful 

 of the preservation of forest-timber, than they have, 

 hitherto, been. It will hardly be denied, that much 

 of our timber is daily cut down, with scarcely any 

 regard to the future. 



Editor. 



37. The White-Mountains, in the State of New- 

 Hampshire, have lately been ascended by Mr. "Wil- 

 liam Perk, a very intelligent naturalist; and by the 

 Reverend Dr. Menasseh Cutler (of Ipswich), to whom 

 we are indebted for some account of the indigenous 

 ;etables of New-England. These gentlemen found 

 the height of the mountains but little less than 10,000 

 feet above the level of the sea. It is to be hoped, 

 i that the result of their observations will be commu- 

 nicated to the public. They cannot fail to prove in- 



