of a part of the Saguenay Country, &c. 155 
a glass of either a yellow or very light muddy green 
colour; upon cooling the colour subsides or nearly so- 
These ores were associated with a mixture of mica, car- 
bonate of lime or iron, and what was conceived to be 
epidote. 
5.—These specimens have a very good appearance, and are 
more free from foreign substances than some of the 
others ; one of them, however, has coccolite of a yellow- 
ish brown colour, disseminated throughout it. Their 
specific gravity varies from 4. to 4. 5. 
6.—This is the same description of ore as that found by 
Mr. Bowen, and comes nearly from the same place ; it 
is not quite so good an ore as either of the preceding, 
being more mixed up with foreign, substances, particu- 
Jarly epidote, by which its specific gravity is reduced 
to 4. 
7.—These four specimens differ much among themselves, 
and do not bear the aspect of having been taken from 
the same place ; one of them has a crystalline structure, 
and appears to be composed of octohedral grains, while 
another is earthy and possesses less of the metallic aspect. 
8.—Magnetic with polarity ; an excellent ore. 
9.—This 1s a very good specimen of bog ore, and va- 
luable if abundant. It probably occurs in greater 
quantity than has been yet ascertained, as generally 
where there is a large deposite of rock ore (as the 
magnetic oxide of iron is called) occupying clevated 
situations, there is also a deposite of bog ore beneath 
inthe low swampy lands, the latter originating with the 
former. 
It does not appear easy to account for the want of the 
magnetic character in these ores before they have been exposed 
to heat. Cleaveland says, that « according to the observations 
of 
