W. EB. Hidden— Whitfield County Meteoric Iron. 287 
for the State Museum at Atlanta. The writer saw it there in 
August, 1879, and with the consent of Dr. Little had a small 
piece planed off, an engraving of which is here given (exact 
natural size). : 
In its complete condition this meteorite is said to have 
weighed 13 lbs. Its present weight is 9% lbs. Dr. Little in- 
forms me that one end of it became detached on its journey to 
Atlanta, which piece he presented to the college at Athens, Ga. 
Dr. Little informed me that this iron had not ‘been, as yet, 
described, and accorded me the privilege of making public 
stowed away in the cellar of the Department of Agriculture 
building in Atlanta, and it is reasonable to suppose that this 
interesting mass of meteoric iron will sooner or later disappear 
through decomposition and oxidation; it seems right therefore 
that some record should be made in this Journal of its history 
vt ne location. 
learn that he received a small piece of this meteorite in Nov., 
1879, and that he published a notice about it in the “ Anzeiger 
der K. K. Akad, der Wiss., Wien.” I have not seen his note. 
The data of this article were personally obtained by the writer 
im August, 1879 
AM, 
Jour. Sor.—Tump Serres, Vou. XXI, No, 124.—APrit, 1881, 
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