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minous coal, alternating with loose clay slate, limestone and sand- 

 stone. The lower beds of sandstone contain many interesting ve- 

 getable impressions, and the upper limestone many fossil shells of the 

 genera Terebratula, Prodnctus, he. and in the lower strata, madre- 

 pores, encrinites, and various zoophytes. Among the vegetable im- 

 pressions in the sandstones, and over the coal beds, are found many 

 species of ferns and palm leaves, with Calamites dubius, Lepidoden- 

 dron crenatum, Poacites lanceolata and Neuropteris Grangeri ; the 

 latter so named by Mons. Brongniart, in honor of the late Ebenezer 

 Granger, Esq.,* a distinguished attorney and citizen of Zanesville, 

 but now deceased. To an acute and discriminating mind, gentle- 

 manly and endearing manners, Mr. Granger added a rare taste for 

 the study of natural history; especially ihat portion of it embraced 

 in fossil organic remains. In excavating and blasting the sand rock 

 in the canal around the falls of the Muskingum, many interesting 

 and curious casts, and impressions of that ancient order of extinct 

 plants, which once decorated the earth, were brought to light, and 

 drawings of them taken, under the direction of Mr. G. A large 

 box of these fossils was packed up and consigned to M. Brong- 

 niart, but were unfortunately lost, by the sinking of the boat in the 

 Mississippi River. The drawings, however, reached him in safety, 

 and afforded several new species to his catalogue of fossil plants. 



Athenewn. 



Amongst the public institutions of Zanesville is the Adieneum. 

 It is kept in a handsome brick edifice, built expressly for the pur- 

 pose, near the center of the town. It contains a valuable library, 

 and a handsome collection of minerals and fossil organic remains. 

 Among the latter, are some very rare and interesting articles, found 

 in excavating the Ohio Canal. Of these, the head and horns of an 

 aninal, supposed to be an extinct species of sheep, very well pre- 

 served, is a great curiosity. The horns are nearly square and un- 

 dulating, and stand nearly at right angles with the head. It was 

 found, with two others, at the depth of twelve or fourteen feet, rest- 

 ing on diluvial gravel and pebbles, where the canal passes from the 

 Muskingum Valley into that of the Licking. Several bones of the. 

 mastodon were found at the same time. 



* See Vol. III. p. 5 of this Journal, for a notice, with drawings, of a collection of 

 coal plants, furnished by Mr. Granger, and forwarded by the Editor to M. Brong- 

 niart.— ^ti. 



