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lies, which inhabit the waters of New York and New England, 

 than Dr. Dekay. But he needs no praise from my pen, as his 

 attainments in most branches of natural science are well known 

 and highly appreciated throughout the literary world. This field 

 is evidently a large one, and very much of it remains yet to be 

 explored by future enterprising naturalists. As regards the quad- 

 rupeds of Connecticut, it is believed there are very few, if any, 

 not named in the preceding catalogue. It is not very improba- 

 ble, however, that we may discover some more species of ves- 

 pertiliones, of sorices, and of arvicolm. I intend soon to furnish 

 a catalogue of the birds of Connecticut, having it already nearly 

 completed, and more than half the species put up in my own 

 cabinet. 



Elm Wood Place, Stratford, Conn., 1842. 



Art. VIII. — Analysis of Meteoric Iron from Cocke County, Ten- 

 nessee, with some remarks upon Chlorine in Meteoric Iron 

 masses ; by Charles Upham Shepard, M. D., Prof, of Chem. 

 in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. 



Having been informed by Mr. Edward C. Herrick that a spe- 

 cimen of meteoric iron existed in the museum of the East Ten- 

 nessee University at Knoxville, I addressed a letter to President 

 J. Easterbrook of that institution, desiring information upon 

 the subject, and if possible, a fragment for analysis. The Presi- 

 dent was kind enough to transmit to me a specimen for examina- 

 tion, together with the following notice of its origin. " It is a 

 portion of an irregular mass, which was given me about five 

 years since. The mass, as you have been informed, was discov- 

 ered in Cocke county. The proprietor resisted for some time, all 

 importunities to discover where it was ; believing it to be some 

 metal of great value. I assured his agent that it was native iron, 

 and probably meteoric. After he became satisfied of its charac- 

 ter, many individuals examined it, in place. It was entirely in- 

 sulated on the surface of the ground, and weighed about seven 

 or eight hundred pounds. Specimens were obtained from it and 

 dispersed through the country. It was my intention to have pur- 

 chased and transported the entire mass to Knoxville, until I learn- 

 ed that Dr. Troost, geologist to the state, had obtained the refu- 

 sal of it. He has since conveyed it to Nashville." 



