C. U. Shepard—Corundum of N. Carolina and Georgia. 109 
with a request to withdraw the name Ruynosoxvs, I would 
euetetngly have done it, so far as in my power; and it 
wou v 
With regard to the accusations and insinuations of dishonest 
eg and practices, to which I at first felt inclined to reply, 
shal] say nothing at this time. 
Albany, N. Y., May, 1872. 
Arr. XIX.—On the Corundum region of North Carolina and 
Georgia, with descriptions of two gigantic crystals of that species ; 
by Cartes Upnam SHEPARD, Sr., Prof. of Natural History 
in Amherst College, Mass. 
»easuring one and a quarter inches in diameter 
in height, said to have come from a gold mine in 
Ga. About the same period, I was indebted to the Hon. 
er " 
No farther discoveries of the kind appear to have attracted atten- 
fon until the last two or three years. Within this period, how- 
ever, under the stimulus of discovering an improved descrip- 
or emery, many n : 
brought to light in this region, of two or three of which I pro- 
Pese to give some account, derived from the examination of 
numerous specimens, and from information affo y Rev. 
C.D. Smith and Col. ©. W. Jenks of F. Macon county, 
