428 Geological Society of Pennsylvania. 



carbonate of lime, commonly called stalagmite, which had 

 trickled from the roof of the cave 1 



24. Have any fossil skeletons, bones, or teeth of ancient ani- 

 mals, been found in your County or Township, not within caves ? 



25. Were they found on the surface of the ground, or buried 

 in the superficial soil of the country ? 



26. At what depth were they found, and in what sort of soil 

 were they laid, clay, marl, sand or gravel : were any shells, 

 broken cane, or branches of trees found with them : will you 

 particularize the manner in which they were found 1 



27. Can such skeletons, bones, teeth, shells, &c. be procured 

 for the Society 1 



28. If they cannot, will you procure for the Society a draw- 

 ing of these various objects, and will you mention the respective 

 size of each of them 1 



Please wrap all specimens carefully up, and forward them, 

 packed in a box, by the cheapest and earliest opportunity, ad- 

 dressing the package to Peter A. Browne, Esq., Corresponding 

 Secretary, and giving information by mail, of the time and man- 

 ner in which the package was sent. 



By order of the Society. 



JOHN B. GIBSON, President. 

 GEORGE FOX, Recording Secretary. 

 Philadelphia, March 1st, 1832. 



The establishment of this Society has afforded a sincere grati- 

 fication to the friends of geological knowledge, and cannot fail 

 to have a beneficial effect upon the interests of the State of 

 Pennsylvania, by uniting the efforts of those kindred minds, 

 which are found in every part of its extensive territory. In 

 every township of this State, there are, no doubt, individuals, 

 who find their purest pleasures in interrogating nature, and with 

 whom the rocks and minerals of their respective districts are 

 familiar. It is to them this Circular is addressed. The curious 

 information they are constantly acquiring, henceforwards be- 

 comes intrinsically valuable. To such individuals it must be a 

 source of lively satisfaction, that the isolated facts they are in 

 possession of, can now be brought forward, as parts of a suc- 

 cessful experiment to illustrate the geology and mineralogy of 

 the State of Pennsylvania. We cannot too much commend the 



