CONTENTS. Vll 





Substitute for Emery : Tripoli or Rotten Stone : Native Alum, 48 



Mineral Waters : Sulphate of Baryta, 49 



Lithia, Chalcedony, Agates, Jasper, Beryls, and Cinnamon Stone, 50 



METALS AND THEIR ORES. 



Iron, - 51 

 Do. in Worcester, and in Sterling with Zinc : Chromate of Iron in 



Cummington and Blanford, - 52 



Iron in Hopkinton, in Hubbardston, and Hawley, 53 

 Do. in Bernardston, Somerset, Vt. and Winchester, N. H. and 



Cumberland, R. I. - 54 



Do. in Montague and Maiden: Hydrate of Iron, - - 55 

 Brown Oxide of Iron in Lenox, Richmond, West Stockbridge, 



Salisbury, Ct. Bennington, Vt. and Cranston, R. I. - - 56 



Bog Ore, 57 



Ochres, &c. Lead, in Southampton, - 58 



Lead in Northampton, - 59 



Do. in West Hampton, Williamsburg, Goshen, and Whately, 60 



Do. in Hatfield and Leverett, - 61 



Copper in Greenfield, 62 



Zinc : Manganese in Plainfield, - 63 



Manganese in Conway, Hindsdale, and Winchester, N. H. : Tin, 64 



Silver : Gold in Somerset, Vt. 65 



Idle Search after Gold and Silver, - 68 



Foolish Superstitions, - 70 



Concluding Remarks, -' - - 71 



PART II. TOPOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. 



Connection between Geology and Scenery, 73 



Saddle Mountain, - . '. _ _ _ 74 



Mount Washington, .,.__._ 75 



Monument Mountain, Alum Hill, and other elevated spots, 77 



Mount Holyoke, " - . .* _ _ 7$ 



The Columns, - '-; - - 80 

 Titan's Pier: Mount Tom, - . -SI 



Sugar Loaf Mountain : Deerfield Mountain, - - 82 



Mount Toby, gg 



Wachusett: Blue Hills, - - . . _ $4 



Heights of various Elevations in the eastern part of the State, 85 



Vallies of Berkshire, . _ - 87 



Valley of the Connecticut, - - 88 



Ravine of Westfield River, - ... - 89 



Ravine and Gorge of Deerfield River, 90 



Valley of Worcester, 91 

 Valley of the Merrimack : Boston Harbor : View from the State 



House, . 92 



New Bedford : Narraganset Bay, - 94 



