C. U. Shepard—Meteorie Iron from Georgia. 337 
to Cleveland, Tennessee, where it appears to have been lost 
sight of, as nothing further can be ascertained respecting it.” 
The mass now described belongs to the meteoric. collection 
of aoe Shepard, Jr., of Charleston, S.C. Its weight is 117 
pounds. 
The wood-cut shows its general shape, which is somewhat 
that of a pear, whose apex is slightly trihedral. The surface is 
, and very little oxidated. It is destitute of deep 
indentations; and presents a surface with only faint, wave-like 
depressions 
lines are not introduced owing to the difficulty of their proper 
