of parts of South and JVoi'th Carolina. S 



whetstones. Fragments of this schislus are often used as 

 " red chalk," and probably hj the Indians as paint. They 

 used the various ochres which abound through the clay 

 country for the latter purpose, and the present inhabitants 

 employ them in dying. D* is a specimen from Lincoln 

 County, North Carolina. In that county and York district, 

 South Carolina, are extensive iron works, richly supplied 

 on the spot with productive ore. C, was obtained from a 

 quarry in Anson County, North Carolina, and there is a 

 quarry of the same kind on the estate of Gen. Davie, at 

 Handsford, on Catawba river, in Chester district. South 

 Carolina. Arrowheads of quartz, flint, and schistus, are 

 found every where through the clay region. On Broad riv- 

 er, within its limits, and in the district of , South 



Carolina, limestone has been found, which is thought to be 

 of the best quality for making hme : I have seen no speci- 

 mens of it. 



Thousands of acres in North and South Carolina, consist 

 of small irregular fragments of opaque white or rose colour- 

 ed quartz, and the poverty of the land is in proportion to 

 the quantity of this quartz mixed with the clay. Poor 

 ridges of this kind produce nothing but a dwarfish deformed 

 oak, called blackjack. 



The Gold country hes in Cabarras County, North Caro- 

 lina, where the gold is found in small pieces, from the size 

 of half a pea to mere dust, in the beds of little rills empty- 

 ing into the waters of Rocky River. 



Fine specimens of pyrites (iron) are found in Newberry 

 district. South Carolina. Isinglass in wide plates, and pitch 

 stone, are frequently met with. 



3, The Mountains are granite, and, of course, among 

 them are found the minerals usually accompanying the 

 primitive rocks. Rock crystal, antimony, and carburet of 

 iron, I have seen from Pendleton and Greenville, in this 



dotted with innumerable exceedingly minute red points of some decom- 

 posed substance ; possibly garnet. 



C, has much the appearance of a true whetstone slate in a state of par- 

 tial decomposition. — Editor. 



* D, is a fine specimen of the compart oxid of titanium, nnd is a true 

 pebble; of an inch and a quarter in diameter. — EiIii,or. 



