JfOME XXIII. IRON HILLS. \55 



HYPONOME II. 



Mica slate with the same. 



HYPONOME III. 



Limestone with sulphur. 



HYPONOME IV. 



Sandstone. 



NOME XXIII. IRON HILLS. 



In his curious work of physical geography, 

 Bergman informs us that there is a mountain 

 near Tornea, in Bothnia, entirely consisting of 

 iron-ore. In Luleo Lapland, the mountain of 

 Gellivar is one entire mass of rich iron-ore, of a 

 blackish blue colour, extending like an irregular 

 vein for more than a mile, and of a thickness* 

 from 3 to 400 fathoms. He also informs us that 

 the tw T o mountains of Kerunawara and of Lou- 

 sowara, in Pitea Lapland, only separated by a 

 small valley, are entirely composed of iron-ore. 

 This iron, as he describes, is called virgin or 

 native iron - y to distinguish it from what were 



