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north as the East Main River, in Newfoundland and 

 as far west as Lake Winnipeg ; in British Colombia, 

 and on the islands south of Alaska. It grows in 

 Asia in Nepaul, a province in the north of India in 

 Mantchooria, one of the northern divisions of the 

 Chinese Empire, and in the Japan Empire, and 

 Kamtchatka. This makes about one-nineteenth of 

 the land surface of the earth." 



Zircon. 



" This is not a very pleasant day, but cloudy, with 

 the sun shining at intervals. A disagreeable snow- 

 storm commenced Saturday afternoon, and continued 

 a good part of yesterday, and there is a good deal of 

 it left now. The wind is north-east, and the sky is 

 completely covered with cumulus and nimbus clouds. 

 Saturday afternoon I attended a public rehearsal of 

 the Handel and Haydn Society, and I enjoyed it very 

 much. We had a very nice time out at recess to-day, 

 and on our return we bad a very interesting lesson 

 on a gem called Zircon. 



" This is a very beautiful gem and the most expen- 

 sive mineral we have ever studied. When not crystal- 

 lized, it is called zirconite. It crystallizes in crystals 

 that resemble those of quartz very much, only the 

 crystals of quartz have six sides and eighteen faces 

 in all, while those of zircon have only four with 



