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touch. A child five years old may set it a rocking, so that 

 the side C will describe an arc, the chord of which will be 

 fifteen inches. The easiest method to rock it is by stand- 

 ing upon it, and applying the weight of one's body alternate- 

 ly from one side to the other. 



What renders this rock peculiarly interesting is, that 

 when the side D descends, it gives four distinct pulsations, 

 hitting first at E, next at F, then at G, and lastly atH. The 

 sound produced, is much like that of a drum, excepting that 

 it is louder. In consequence of this sound, it has very ap- 

 propriately entailed upon itself the name of "The Drum 

 Rock." It has been heard in a still evening at the dis- 

 tance of six miles. In the summer season, it is a place of 

 fashionable resort for the people of Apponaug, and of the 

 town generally. 



The weight of this rock is estimated at four tons — up- 

 wards of a ton heavier than the one at Kirkmichael in Scot- 

 land, and almost as heavy as the famous Logan, in the pa- 

 rish of Sithney, near Helston in England. Its composition 

 appears to be an indurated ferruginous clay, with here and 

 there small portions of quartz. Its specific gravity is 2, 5, 

 It has long been a subject of inquiry with the inhabitants of 

 Warwick, how this rock came here, or by what means it 

 was placed in its present situation. A little attention will 

 convince any one who sees it, that it was once united to the 

 rock on which it rests. Let A be turned round to I, and it 

 will unquestionably be in the spot where it originally belong- 

 ed. But by vt'hom it was shifted into the places which it 

 now occupies, is a matter of uncertainty. It has been attri- 

 buted to the Indians. The removal of such a mass seems 

 however, to have required some mechanical skill, more, 

 perhaps, than many will be willing to allow, that the savages 

 of this region ever possessed. As we have neverhad any Dru- 

 ids* amongst us, we shall probably never know for a cer- 

 tainty upon whom the honour of the enterprize is to be be- 

 stowed. 



This rock is surrounded with interesting scenery. South 

 is a dark and dismal swamp, which comprises from fifteen 

 to twenty acres, containing the birch, the hemlock, the ma- 

 ple and the alder. West is a side-hill, which rises at an an- 



* See Mr. Finch's memoir in the last Number of this Journal. (Edit.) 



