248 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Just what Silliman's preconceived opinions may have been is not 

 apparent, but he remarked in a satisfied way that the associations 

 were exactly what he had anticipated. 



The geological relations of the marble appear to have been perfectly distinct, 

 * * * and give us new reason to admire that wonderful order and harmony, little 

 expected by people in general, which are found equally in the mineral kingdom as 



