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ities from the size of a pea to that of a mustard seed ; ma- 

 ny of these are filled with earth and with fibres of the turf 

 through which it passed on striking tlie earth. The whole 

 stone, when entire, was said to have weighed about four 

 pounds. Its form is nearly spheroidal and its specific gravity 

 about 4. 



The facts in relation to its fall, as I obtained them from a 

 friend who visited the spot on the 7th of June, (the day alter 

 I got possession of the stone,) are as follows. 



An overseer and several negroes were at work in a field 

 belonging to a Mr. Matthew Winfree, about 9 o'clock on 

 the morning of the fourth — an explosion was heard in the 

 direction of Richmond towards the north east, which was 

 at first mistaken for the report of a cannon, and in a short 

 time after, there was a noise which was thought at first to be 

 the rumbling of a carriage on a neighboring stony road. 

 In a few seconds however it was perceived to be rapidly ap- 

 proaching, and presently after, seemed to be just over head, 

 when it passed beyond, and ended by a sound resembiing 

 the fall of a heavy body on the earth — the persons hastened 

 towards the place from which the stroke proceeded, and af- 

 ter considerable search, found a hole in the turf which seem- 

 ed to have been made by the entrance of a ball ; they dug, 

 and got the stone above described. The stone had buried it- 

 self about twelve inches — the distance of the hole from the 

 point where the persons were standing when the stroke was 

 heard, was found by measurement, to be two hundred and 

 sixty paces. 



The person who gave the above account saw the hole the 

 third day after it had been made. The bed from which the 

 stone was taken was entire when he was there, and of the 

 size and shape of the body said to have been taken from it. 



A specimen will be submitted to the professor of chem- 

 istry at our University, as soon as possible. I should have 

 taken great pleasure in sending it for your inspection but for 

 the difficulty of getting it to New Haven. 



Your most obt. serv't. John H. Cocke, Jr. 



A promised specimen has not yet arrived. — Ed. 



5. JVote supplementary to Wright''s Theory of Fluxions. — In the 

 Lenima, belonging to the demonstration of the identity of ratios 

 in fluents and their fluxions, it Is said [let AHNB be any eurve 

 whatever, and suppose DFME to be another drawn parallel to 

 jt, and consequently similar.] This will hold true only in cer- 



