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8 Mineral FroduElions 



No, 10. A r^t/y7i'j/)'y?/?«t^ taken out ofone of the fait fprlngs^ 



No. 17. i?e^^o«j'y)77^;«t';?/j of whicli the decllvitv from the 



high ground A^i^ctndXTi.^ to the Salt Springs is compofed. The 

 earth al/b intermixed with this is of the fame colour, refem- 



bling tlie red foil of New Jerfey at Brunfwick ; perhaps the 

 water oozing tlirongh this earth may give that property to 

 the fait water by which it colours the wood and fiirfaces of 



ftones as it iitues from the fprings, although itfelf appears 



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clear and tranfpareiit. 



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No. 18. Salt chryfialtzed in fmall chryftals, procured from a 

 pot of the fait fpring water after it was hoiled down. " ■ ' ' 



No. 19. Produ£l 



fimple evaporation 



without feparation. It lias a reddiffi tinge, owing to the cal- 

 careous earth, which is of that colour whpi feparated , fr om 

 the water in the atfl of boiling. The fait maniifacflured at 



thefe Springs, £0 much refembles the common white blown 



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fait (only a httle coarfer) that I thinic it unneceJGTary to fend 



you a fpecimen of it. 



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No. 20. Appears to be a white foft clay Jl one found in great 

 abundance in the townfliip of Camillus, Onondago county. 

 In one place it underlays the foil for a large fpace, covered 

 about a foot or more with mould. 



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No. 2 1. rh^fame fubftance reduced to powder, mixed int< 

 pafte with water and dried. It remains yet to be determin 



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