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enterprise. It appears from Mr. Carpenter's memoir in 

 the early part of this number, that the raw material is very 

 abundant, at no great distance from Philadelphia, and it 

 is well known that it is found in many parts of the United 

 States. 



1 3. Meteor of a green color. 



Communicated by Mr. B. D. Silliman, in a letter dated N. York, March 1, 1828, 



On the night of the 11th of February, between 1 1 and 12 

 o'clock, as I was crossing the East river, between this city 

 and Long Island, I observed a beautiful meteor which was 

 visible for about the space of two seconds. Its course was 

 from a point perhaps 5° below the zenith, toward the horizon 

 in a N. E. direction. It described an arc of perhaps 20° — 

 when it apparently exploded but without any report that I 

 could hear. Its color was a singularly pure grass green, of 

 a light shade ; the trail which it left was of the same color, 

 and so were the scintillations which accompanied its appa- 

 rent explosion. The latter were distinct, like those accom- 

 panying the bursting of a rocket, but by no means so numer- 

 ous. Two gentlemen who were in the boat with me at the 

 time, also saw it. 



14. Southern Review. — We have received the first num- 

 ber in time only to glance over its pages. The subjects 

 treated of in this number are sufficiently various. 



Classical learning, agriculture, mathematics, craniology, 

 mineralogy, history, political economy, and the Colonization 

 Society, are among the topics presented to our considera- 

 tion ; and the discussions to which they give rise, afford abun- 

 dant evidence of talents and learning. The writers are not 

 satisfied to merely intimate what they think ; they declare 

 their opinions boldly and the reasons of them. Though we 

 may not adopt as our own, all the sentiments of this review, 

 yet we wish the work success, and promise ourselves both 

 entertainment and instruction in its perusal. 



15. Asbestos. — Joseph Morehouse, New Milford, Conn, 

 has three or four hundred weight of asbestos, and can obtain 

 any quantity of it, should it be wanted for experiments in the 

 arts, or other purposes. It is found in the quarries of primi- 

 tive white granular limestone, which abound in that region, 

 (See vol. 2, p. 222, of this Journal.) 



