﻿'additions 
  to 
  the 
  museum. 
  17 
  

  

  From 
  Edward 
  Learned, 
  of 
  Pittsfield, 
  Mass. 
  

   A 
  mass 
  of 
  Sulphuret 
  of 
  Lead 
  and 
  Silver, 
  from 
  Colorado, 
  weighing 
  

   42 
  pounds. 
  

  

  From 
  S. 
  Fitch, 
  of 
  Hudson, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  formerly 
  of 
  Delhi, 
  Del. 
  Co. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A 
  slab 
  of 
  Red 
  Shaly 
  Sandstone, 
  with 
  the 
  impression 
  of 
  a 
  fossil 
  

   fish 
  (Cephalaspis) 
  two 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  upon 
  its 
  surface. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  interesting, 
  as 
  showing 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  this 
  fossil 
  fish 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  condition 
  than 
  

   separated 
  scales 
  and 
  bones. 
  

  

  From 
  Thomas 
  Hoxie, 
  Leonards 
  ville, 
  Madison 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  slab 
  of 
  Argillaceous 
  Sandstone 
  with 
  Worm-tracks. 
  

  

  BUILDING 
  STONES 
  PLACED 
  IN 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET, 
  WHICH 
  HAVE 
  

   BEEN 
  OBTAINED 
  THROUGH 
  THE 
  ACTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CAPITOL 
  

   COMMISSIONERS. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  personal 
  application 
  

   of 
  the 
  Curator 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  quarries, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  have 
  

   responded 
  very 
  readily 
  to 
  his 
  request 
  for 
  specimens, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  liberal 
  manner. 
  

  

  GRANITES. 
  

   From 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Allen, 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  Springs, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  dressed 
  block 
  of 
  Gneissoid 
  Granite, 
  one 
  cubic 
  foot 
  ; 
  Sara- 
  

   toga, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Quincy 
  Railway 
  Granite 
  Company. 
  

   A 
  dressed 
  block 
  of 
  dark 
  Syenitic 
  Granite 
  of 
  one 
  cubic 
  foot 
  ; 
  

  

  Quincy, 
  Mass. 
  

   A 
  block 
  of 
  light-colored, 
  fine-grained 
  Granite 
  of 
  one 
  cubic 
  foot, 
  

  

  from 
  Concord, 
  N. 
  H. 
  

  

  From 
  Runels 
  & 
  Clough. 
  

   A 
  dressed 
  block 
  of 
  light-colored, 
  fine-grained 
  Granite 
  of 
  one 
  

   cubic 
  foot, 
  from 
  Fitzwilliams, 
  N. 
  H. 
  

  

  From 
  Rogers 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   A 
  block 
  (6x8X12) 
  of 
  light-colored 
  Quincy 
  Granite. 
  

  

  From 
  I. 
  P. 
  Harrington, 
  Barre, 
  Vt. 
  

   A 
  dressed 
  block 
  of 
  Grey, 
  light-colored 
  Granite 
  of 
  one 
  cubic 
  

   foot, 
  from 
  Barre, 
  Vt. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Dix 
  Island 
  Granite 
  Company. 
  

   A 
  dressed 
  block 
  of 
  Grey 
  Granite, 
  from 
  Dix 
  Island, 
  Maine. 
  

  

  