C. U. Shepard on a Meteoric Iron? from N. Carolina. 259 
species of tentative experiment, which they were performing and 
» eke to make room for the vigorous 
and abundant flora of the warm season.” —Bibliotheque Univer- 
selle (de Gendve), Juin 20, 1859, pp. 145, 146. 
Arr. XXXII.—Zzamination of a supposed Meteoric Iron, found near 
Rutherfordton, North Carolina; by CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD. 
For mv first knowledge of this Iron, I am indebted to Dr. 
Thomas §. Duffy of Ratherfordton, who in the winter of 1857 
Satisfactory judgment. From his description of its lustre and 
