﻿GEOLOGY. 
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  I 
  will 
  detail 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  localities 
  and 
  conditions 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  latter 
  class 
  have 
  been 
  noticed. 
  

  

  The 
  asbestiform 
  petrifactions 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  

   places 
  near 
  which 
  the 
  gypseous 
  marls 
  occur, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Springs, 
  in 
  Hinds, 
  and 
  near 
  

   Pearl 
  River, 
  in 
  Leake 
  County. 
  Trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  of 
  this 
  

   description, 
  of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  are 
  seen 
  on 
  elevated 
  

   grounds, 
  and 
  generally 
  of 
  a 
  chalk-like 
  whiteness. 
  

  

  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  tree, 
  some 
  two 
  feet 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  originally, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  imbedded 
  in 
  the 
  road, 
  

   about 
  seventeen 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Bolochitto 
  Bridge, 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  Hancock 
  County, 
  on 
  a 
  high, 
  sandy 
  

   ridge. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  porcelain 
  character, 
  of 
  very 
  

   close, 
  compact 
  texture, 
  the 
  ends, 
  however, 
  of 
  a 
  splintery 
  

   asbestiform 
  appearance. 
  

  

  On 
  Section 
  45, 
  Township 
  7, 
  Range 
  1 
  W., 
  in 
  Adams 
  

   County, 
  several 
  sections 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  

   and 
  two 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  split 
  through 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  

   equal 
  parts, 
  present 
  themselves 
  in 
  a 
  sandy 
  cove, 
  which 
  

   indents 
  the 
  high 
  land 
  bordering 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  a 
  branch 
  

   of 
  Cole's 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Some 
  very 
  large 
  trunks 
  lie 
  also, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   White 
  Cliffs, 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  but 
  are 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   at 
  extreme 
  low 
  water. 
  

  

  At 
  Dr. 
  Grant's, 
  in 
  Copiah 
  County, 
  some 
  large 
  trunks 
  

   lie 
  partially 
  exposed 
  on 
  the 
  declivity 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  lands, 
  

   on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Bayou 
  Pierre, 
  about 
  eighty 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  water-level 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  Mr. 
  

   Lloyd's, 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  distant, 
  on 
  a 
  site 
  of 
  similar 
  

   elevation, 
  in 
  sinking 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  eighty 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  a 
  similar 
  tree 
  was 
  encountered. 
  These 
  were 
  very 
  

   solid, 
  but 
  rather 
  coarse-grained 
  petrifactions. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Bayou 
  Pierre, 
  within 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Lloyd's, 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  blocks 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Gulf 
  sand- 
  

  

  