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minous coal, alternating - with loose clay slate, limestone and sand- 
stone. e lower beds of sandstone contain many interesting ve- 
getable impressions, and the upper limestone many fossil shells of the 
genera Terebratula, Productus, &c. and in the lower strata, madre- 
pores, encrinites, and various zoophytes. Among the vegetable im- 
_ pressions in the sandstones, and over the coal beds, are found many 
species of ferns and palm leaves, with Calamites dubius, Lepidoden- 
dron crenatym, Poacites lanceolata and Neuropteris Grangeri; the 
latter so named by Mons. Brongniart, in honor of the late Ebenezer 
Granger, Esq.,* a distinguished attorney and citizen of Zanesville, 
but now deceased. To an acute and discriminating mind, gentle- 
manly and endearing manners, Mr. Granger added a rare taste for 
the study of natural history; especially that portion of it embraced 
in fossil organic remains. In excavating and blasting the sand rock 
in the canal around the falls of the Muskingum, many interesting 
and curious casts, and impressions of that ancient order of extinct 
plants, which once decorated the earth, ‘were brought to light, and 
drawings of them taken, under the direction of Mr.G. A large 
box of these fossils was packed up and consigned to M. Brong- 
niart, but were unfortunately lost, by the sinking of the boat in the 
Mississippi River. ‘The drawings, however, reached him in safety,’ 
and afforded several new species to his catalogue of fossil plants. 
Atheneum. — 
~ Amongst the public institutions of Zanesville is the Atheneum. 
It is kept in a handsome brick edifice, built expressly for the pur- 
pose, near the center of the town. It contains a valuable library, 
and a handsome collection of minerals and fossil organic remains. 
Among the latter, are some very rare and interesting articles, found 
in excavating the Ohio Canal. Of these, the head and horns of an 
aninal, supposed to be an extinct species of sheep, very well pre- 
served, is a great curiosity. ‘The horns are nearly square and un- 
,dulating, and stand nearly at right angles with the head. It was 
found, with two others, at the depth of twelve or fourteen feet, rest- 
ing on diluvial gravel and pebbles, where the canal passes from the 
Muskingum Valley into that of the Licking. Several bones of the 
mastodon were found at the same time. 
* See Vol. III. p. 5 of this Journal, for a notice, with drawings, of a collection of 
coal plants, furnished by Mr. Granger, and forwarded by the Editor to M. Brong- 
niart.— Ed. 
