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hi the Sidle of Kew Tork. yg 



cd to wliat iifefrJ purpoies in the arts this may be appropri- 

 ated. ■ 



No. 2 2. A nsDhtte fojjll fuhjlance found iu large tpiaiulties at 

 the little falls on the Mohawk river. 



No. 23. K yell oiv miner al fuhjlance i<j\xx\.dL on the eail fide of 

 the Cayuga lake near the water oozing out of the rocks and 

 concreting to the fides of them. Ufed by the Indians as an 

 emetic, and for the healing of fores. 



No. 24. A beautiful hex angular rock chryjlal^ tranfparent as 

 the purefl water, and perfectly poliflxed on its furfaces. 



No. 25. A i^MVcfand Jlone as white as milk, found in great 

 abundance in a place between Poughkeepfie and New York. It 



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is eafily broken to pieces, and much of it fpontaneoudy reduc- 

 ed to fand, which is principally ufed on the floors of houfes in 

 its vicinity. 



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No. 2 6. A curious annular Jlone^ in the fhape of a circular 

 xing, formed fingly in the centre of a bed of blue clay. I 

 think it will puzzle the geologift to account for the manner of 

 its formation, „ 



No. 27. Cont^m^ftxtyfourfpecinietis of as many varieties of 

 ftoncs, to be found on the fliore of Lake Ontario. Their un- 

 common beauty and variety of colour, Iliape, texture and dif- 

 pofition firil engaged my attention ; and I fometimes amufed 

 myfelf with making feleaions from them as I was walking 



the water. The pebbles beat upon the Ihores by the 



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