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“were: "d Account of an Oil=Stone\ fount af Silifbaty. 
A Detter from the Reverend SAMUEL. Winsten, to Mr. 
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E A VE. found. what, the goldfniths ae Im eu an oil- 
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i at eati e it, into two. pieces. “When it is ground it is. 
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unco mmon appearance, to take it ud not PIDE at that. 
time, what i it was. It is fomewhat curdled with light and dark 
eU. or, when ground, it approaches to a light chocolate 
fornewhat clouded. ` Before it was ground fome : com- 
n dic Cal hile | foap. ‘| have made confi derable fearch for 
€, but w out füccefs.. al doubt not, however, that we 
| “have. them i in the country, perhaps in plenty. T found this i im 
moift ground.. ; Thefe -ftones are neceffary for all thofe who 
| make: dfe of : engraving tools, and are now very fcarce and dear. 
TT fend.y you a piece of marble found near the ‘mouth of St. 
Jobn. River , inNova-Scotia. It is found of various colours, — 
white, bluifh: and veined. — Ialío fend youa fample of falt, made 
fror a falt- -fpring i in the Seneca country, on Mohawk-River : 
“anda fample of cloth, coloured black with fumach- berries alone, 
without c. Soppceras. "s d am, &c. 
SAMUEL WEBSTER, 
Mr. Caleb Gannett 
