74 : Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
telligent witness who was cognizant of the origin and progress of | 
the statue 
The block of gypsum, from which the Cardiff Giant was carved, — 
was quarried near — - Dodge, in Iowa, where — is an inex- | 
haustible supply of massive gypsum of Mesozoic ag It was — 
aoe to Giese o in : Tikinoss, where it was sg in he work- | 
. Burckhardt, a well-known marble-worker of that city, 
who retalsi with the oviginatons of the scheme for a not very 
considerable sum of money, to produce a gigantic recumbent figure — 
of aman. His position, resting with the left arm under the body, — 
the right : arm thrown across the body over the pelvis, and with the — 
legs slightly flexed at the knees, was measurably a necessity of the ” 
form of the block of stone at the artist’s comm 
and, Th 
was first modeled in clay by or under ra diveesion of Mr. Burek- — 
hardt, and was then transferred to the stone. Our informant states 
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that he saw the gure more than once during its preparation. The — 
appearance of age was given partly by treating the surface with — 
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acids to remove the tool marks and the raw of a recently 
tooled ee and this effect was subsequently heightened by the 
grime and soil of a seven months’ interment. epared, the 
new srl ae antique was transported by rail point near th 
engaged in the work of removal and interment were taken —_ 4 
furtively, and thus no one at or near Syracuse but those engage 
in the sues knew of its existence. By a singular accident, : 
une 8th. The part g an astron- 
raphical engineer, ete “)s five wagons, two ambulances, 
mateeiohe mules and horse @ proposes to connect with the 
belt under arphinstisn he fi eerie ing, and then spend the 7 
remainder of the season about the sources of the Yellow Stone — 
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Missouri rivers. He has a boat and sounding apparatus for 
making a ay ae # the Yellow Stone, etc. A company 
of cavalry is ordered as an escort from Fort Ellis. He expects to 
return to ones ane: the 1st of ihackr Congress made 
an appropriation of $40,000 for the explorations of the season. 
* See Dr. White’s report on the Geology of Iowa, vol. ii, p. 299. 
Hipdowcat under Dr. Hayden.—Dr. iasa onan 4 
sa fe a etter from him in orms us) were at Ogden, Utah, on 
