Meteorites of the Hacienda “La Concepcion, ete. 207 
Art. XXVI.—On the Meteorites of the Hacienda “ La Concepcion” 
and San Gregorio; by JuAN UrcinpdI. (Extract from a letter 
to Prof. Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to 
whom we are indebted for the communication.) 
sembles the enclosed drawings [drawings not sent]. 
Nothing is known, with certainty, regarding the fall of this 
meteorite, nor is it mentioned in the deed of this Hacienc 
whence, unburied, it was taken about a hundred yards off, 
t+ knew it, in 1823, and from there my brothers and I 
tion. 
With much difficulty, and after spoiling chisels of good steel, 
several pieces have been cut at different times, resembling the 
two which I now send you, leaving a brilliant surface where 
separated. Even a bridle-bit, knives, and some other small ob- 
Was presented to the late Spanish Commander General of Chi- 
huahua. The blacksmiths assert that the metal is very ductile 
state of fusion, since such 
holes are identical with the cavities left by bursting bubbles. ° 
In regard to its weight and dimensions, S eRe I fin 
i i thus: 
