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more from their original ganguc or locality ; and that 

 always in a south west direction from it. 



I shall in the next place take notice of the Connec- 

 ticut river. The falls over which this river runs, for 

 the distance of from fifty to sixty miles above its influx 

 into the sea or sound, are, I believe, principally com- 

 posed of a fine grained ferruginous sand stone ; and for 

 the distance of four miles below what is called the foot 

 of the falls of the Connecticut river, the margin of the 

 western bank and bed of the river is covered with wa- 

 ter worn pebbles of the same kind, as the rocks which 

 compose the falls above ; while for the same distance 

 on the opposite or eastern shore, there is scarcely a 

 stone to be found, until at the distance of five miles be- 

 low the falls, a small river discharges itself into the 

 Connecticut river on the east side. This small stream, 

 called Scantic, has its source in a primitive range, 

 called the East Mountains, in contradistinction to a 

 like range on the western side of the Connecticut 

 river, and flows for several miles over a rocky and 

 stony bed, before it enters the alluvial district, which 

 is from four to five miles wide at this place. Its gene- 

 ral course is south westerly, until within one mile of 

 its confluence, where its course is almost due west, in- 

 clining northerly, and enters the Connecticut river 

 nearly at right angles. 



The margin of the Connecticut river below the 

 Scantic river, for some distance from the water, and 

 also its bed, are covered with water worn pebbles or 

 stones ; at the same time, not a stone is to be found in 



