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366 Native and Meteoric Iron. 
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Anr. XL—On Native and Meteoric Iron ; by Cuartes Upnam 
Sueparp, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the Medical Col- 
lege of the State of South Carolina. 
Native Iron from near Oswego, N. Y. 
Wuue at French Creek, Jefferson county, N. Y., during the 
last summer, I was informed by Capt. Hucerniy, of that place, 
of the existence of a mass of native iron at Oswego, which had 
for several years been in the possession of an individual there, by 
whom it had been preserved, under the impression that it was 
of meteoric origin. Aided by directions from Capt. H., I had 
no difficulty, when passing through Oswego a few days after, 
ding the person in whose hands the specimen was still rema 
ing. This individual was Mr. Pumanper RaTHBUN, @ highly 
intelligent and respectable blacksmith. He very liberally pie 
sented me the mass, upon the conditions of my devoting 1° at 
careful examination, and reserving for him a slice of it, sufli- 
