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JlMERICJiX 

 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, &c. 



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GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND MINERALOGY. 



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Art. I. On the Geology.^ Mineralogy, Scenery, and Curi- 

 osities of Parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and of the Alabama 

 and Mississippi Territories, 4^c. with Miscellaneous Re- 

 marks, ($/•€. In a Letter to the Editor, By the Rev. Elias 

 Cornelius. 



(Concluded from page 226.) 



J. WILL conclude this part of the narrative with a brief no- 

 tice of a i'ew curiosities occurring in the region which has 

 been described. 



Caves. 



1. It is well known that it furnishes a great number of in- 

 teresting caves. They are found alike in the inclined and ho- 

 rizontal strata. Some of them are several miles in extent, and 

 afford fine specimens of earthy and alkaline salts. 



Wier's cave in Virginia has been described by Mr. Kain. 

 I have in my possession a map of its most important apart- 

 ments, including its whole length, copied from a survey made 

 by Mr. J. Pack in Oct. 1806 ; also the notes of another sur- 

 vey made in May 1816, by the Rev. Conrad Speece of Augusta 



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