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Cylinders of Snow. — 
Extract of-a letter from Mr. E. Hitchcock to the Editor. 
The Rev. Mr. Clark’s account in vol. 2, p. 132 of the 
Journal, of the singular effect of wind upon a light snow in 
New-Jersey, whereby cylinders were formed having coni- 
cal hollows at each end, brought to my recollection a simi- 
lar fact, which I observed in Deerfield, Mass. about the 
year 1812 or 13. I measured the cylinders at the time 
and minuted the circumstances, but mislaid the account and 
cannot now find it. The circumstances attending the phe-— 
nomenon were, however, very similar to those mentioned 
by Mr. Clark, except that the ground where the cylinders 
formed was nearly level, and none of them were more than 
six or eight inches in diameter. ‘The time of this curious 
play among the elements, was in the night or early in the 
morning. 
Cleaveland’s Mineralogy. 
A second edition of Professor Cleaveland’s Mineralogy 
is now in the press. We are informed that it will contain 
many valuable additions, communicated by mineralogists 
in the United States. An appendix will, if necessary, be 
given, embracing any new facts which may occur during 
the printing of the work. 
Sulphate of Magnesia, 
Has been found by Professor Eaton and Dr. T. R. Beck 
about sixteen miles west of Albany. 
Hudson Association for improvement in Science. 
Extract from a letter to the Editor, dated May 22, 1820, 
and signed by Austin Abbott, Corresponding Secretary. 
In consequence of the lectures given here last summer by 
Mr. Eaton, an institution has been recently formed in this 
city, for the purpose of studying the sciences of Chemistry, 
Geology, Mineralogy and Botany. We have already made 
