156 DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



called mineralised, as being mixed with sul- 

 phur*. 



This father of modern mineralogy has more 

 minutely described the hill of Taberg, in Smo- 

 land, in the southern part of Sweden; which 

 has been mentioned by Born, as being 400 feet 

 in height, and about a league in circuit, in the 

 midst of a sandy plain ; and solely consisting of 

 granular black iron, cemented by quartz into a 

 solid mass, extremely compact and hard. Berg- 

 man's description follows. 



" Among the most singular mines of iron, 



? may be reckoned that of Taberg, in Smoland : 

 it extends from the N. N. W. to the S. S. E. rising 

 gently on the northern side to a considerable 

 height ; then sinks a little, and again rises, form- 

 ing at last a very high crest, and terminating in 

 an abrupt cliff towards the river Mansarpa, 

 above which its summit is elevated 420 feet to 

 the S. E. and on the other side of the river is a 

 corresponding height ; to the E. and S. W. there 

 is a succession of heights, equally separated 

 from the mountain of Taberg by a river which 

 runs through a valley a quarter of a mile long. 



t Beyond the lake Wetter, in the environs of Jon- 

 koping and of Taberg, as far as the district of 



* Journal des Mines, No. 16, p. 58, 23, 



