Koike of a Rocking Stone. 27 



Art. VII. — Notice of a Rocking Stone, in Savoy ^ Massachu- 

 setts, with a drawing, hy Dk. J. Pokter. (Communica- 

 ted to the Berkshire Lyceum.) 



In a laie excursion from Plainfield, a little before reach- 

 ing the village in Savoy, we turned to the south nearly op- 

 .posite a school-house, and after riding about a mile over a 

 very rough and disagreeable road, the rocking stone, which 

 was the object of our excursion, appeared in a very con- 

 spicuous situation on the right. 



It is of granite, and venerable with the mosses and lichens 

 common in this part of the country. It may be moved 

 with ease, so as to describe an arc of about five inches, by 

 the hands, or a shoulder, or by standing on its summit, and 

 leaning the weight of the body on one foot and the other 

 alternately. When the ground around it was first cleared, 

 it was, as I am credibly informed, moved by the wind, and 

 very probably this may be the case at present, though it is 

 supposed to weigh ten or twelve tons. The noise that it 

 makes in moving, is so little as to be scarcely noticed. 

 The rock on which it lies, is a coarse grained granite cu- 

 riously contorted and apparently stratifii^d, the strata lean- 

 ing to the west at an angle of about 46 degrees. TheTock- 

 ing stone lies on the very summit of tliis h^dge, and appears 

 to touch it in three points nearly in a right line across the 

 strata. 



This rock, so far as I can learn, has hitherto excited 

 very little attention I did not hear of it until about a fort- 

 night since. Scarcely any attempt has been n)ade to over- 

 turn it, and fortunately the present owner, Mr. Enos Dean, 

 sets so high a value on it, that nothing of the kind would be 

 permitted. 



Postscript. 



Since the preceding account was written, I have visited 

 a very remarkable rock in the south-west part of Lanesbo- 

 rough. It is of limestone, and lies on another rock of the 

 same kind. It is about 26 feet in length, and about 18 in 

 breadth touching the rock, on which it lies for about 2^ 

 feet, having no support at either end, and appearing ready 

 ID slide off and crush the beholder. To the eye, therefore, 



