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was broken off by the finder in an effort to discover what made 

 the "stone" so heavy. The surface of this fracture, like that of 

 the entire mass, is much oxidized, so that the nickeliferous iron 

 is not visible. On one edge there is a large irregular pitting 

 some 10'^'" loiig and S*^" deep. The whole mass is of a reddish" 



FlG. I. — Showing convex surface. Three-fifths actual size. 



brown hue, intermingled with large irregular patches of an 

 ochre yellow color. On no part of the iron was the true 

 crust observed. Its weight was 43 pounds 1 1 ounces, or ig.8 

 kilograms. 



Following the directions of Professor Ward, a few cuts were 

 made parallel to the upper left-hand edge (Fig. i), showing the 

 deep pitting mentioned above, and commencing just within the 



