242 Miscellaneous JYotices in Mineralogy, Geology, ^c. 



river, which unite a short distance above the south bounda- 

 ry of the town of Reading. This precipice is about sixty 

 rods North-west of the house of Mr. John Gray, and about 

 seventy-five rods West of Mr. Seth Andrus' house. The 

 North-west branch of Saugatuck river rons a winding course 

 in a southerly direction at the foot of the hill, on the top of 

 which are the rocks under consideration. At the passage of 

 the river in this place are erected on the east side, a carding 

 machine, and on the west, a saw-mill, not la^d down on the 

 map of the State. Thirty rods west of these two buildings 

 on the west side of the stream, I found the garnets to be 

 most abundant. 



The hill on which are the rocks and precipices, is per- 

 haps sixty or seventy feet high, and of very steep ascent. 

 On the top of the hill, the rocks are situated, and at the base 

 of these rocks on the South-east side, the garnets will be 

 seen by the most inattentive observer, projecting from the 

 rocks in a manner resembling musket balls, shot half way 

 into a board. These rocks are overshadowed with trees of 

 red cedar which grow in their interstices. This kind of 

 trees extend to the North and West of " Garnet Rock" for 

 more than a hundred rods, while on the South and South- 

 east, an extensive, uncultivated plain i^ presented to the eye, 

 so that an observer acquainted %ith the description of this 

 spot, would be able to tell where it was, when he was at a 

 distance of some miles. 



The inhabitants seem to be gratified, in being guides to 

 strangers who wish to visit the place, and even assisted me 

 in my endeavours to procure garnets for those friends who 

 esteem them as valuable scientific curiosities. 



I have been thus particular in my description of the local 

 boundaries of " Garnet Rock," so that whoever needs it, may 

 be at no loss to find the spot which must afford to every scien- 

 tific visitor, pleasure in proportion to the interest he feels in 

 the progress of geological, and mineralogical knowledge. 



23. Curious variety of Carbonat of Lime resembling A- 

 garic Mineral. — (Communicated.) ' 



Four miles south of Manchester, (Vermont,) on the great 

 load from Bennington to Rutland, there is a mass of disin- 

 tegrated lime-stone, from which is made & beautiful lime for 

 pkiistering rooms. 



