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bacco in common use. This species, if we may de- 

 pend upon the traditional story of some of the Indians 

 belonging to the confederacy, was found native with- 

 in the limits of their country. It is deemed a kind of 

 sacred Tobacco, and is the only species which is per- 

 mitted to be burnt, or smoked, on the days of annual 

 festival. 



MINERALOGY, 



16. The Editor is informed, by his friend and pu- 

 pil, Dr. Thomas Walmsley, that specimens of native 

 Sal- Ammoniac, or Muriate of Ammoniac, have been 

 discovered in the neighbourhood of Williams-Port, 

 in the county of Washington, and State of Maryland. 

 A full account of this interesting discovery will be 

 given in a future part, or number, of this Journal. 



SUPPL. 



