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T. G. B. LLOXD— NOTES FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 



Giant's Kettle near Oxboiv, Jefferson Co. 



The cliff on the face of which the section of the kettle is exposed, 

 has been named the Pulpit Bock, from the circumstance that the 

 preachers of old used to hold forth from the interior of the kettle 

 during their open-air meetings. 



The drawing (fig. 1), for which I am indebted to the kindness of 

 Mr. Buddie, F.G.S., was made from a rough sketch taken on the spot. 



The rock is of Laurentian granite, and is situated on the western 

 side of a dry valley 450 feet wide. Its upper surface is about 70 feet 

 above the road, and about 100 feet above the river Oswegatchie. 



Besides the large kettle there were faint outlines of two others, 

 situated at a higher level than the principal one. 



Fig. 2 is a section through the centre of the kettle in a direction 

 corresponding with the face of the rock. On the line C D it formed 

 about three quarters of a circle ; on A B it was nearly semicir- 

 cular. A spiral groove ascended from right to left, as high as the 



Fig. 2. — Section of Gianfs Kettle in Laurentian Granite in the 

 Puljoit Rock near Oxbow. (Scale -^ inch to 1 foot.) 



point F. The talus outside mainly consisted of the large mass of 

 stones which formerly occupied the bottom of the kettle. Its 

 resemblance to the kettles figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. 

 xxx. pp. 757, 759, figs. 4 & 5, will be apparent. 



Floiverpot-shaped Blocks of Sandstone, Theresa, Jefferson Co. 



The quarry from which the blocks were extracted was situated on 

 a high cliff of Potsdam sandstone, overlooking the gorge of Indian 



