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Siliceous feldspar, a new variety as to color ; it being 

 dark grey, or blue. In other respects, it agrees exactly with 

 that from Chesterfield, Goshen, &c. 



Spodumene, in large laminated masses, of a pearly white 

 color. Upon examining a few specimens after my return, I 

 find one of them to be a six sided prism, without termina- 

 tions ; and a second exhibited distinctly three of the sides 

 of such a prism. I was suspicious that this might be one 

 of the crystalline forms of this mineral ; but perhaps it is 

 the result of cleavage. 



The mica slate of these mountains forms good whetstones; 

 and a quarry is opened half a mile south of the locality 

 above described. Near this quarry is a ledge of that variety 

 of granite which I have described as pseudomorphous, in vol. 

 6, of this Journal ; and the plates of mica are of enormous 

 size, even from fifteen to eighteen inches across ; although it 

 was hardly possible to get out any specimens of this size, 

 I found also near this spot, one or two very fine speci- 

 mens of black schorl ; the crystals one or two inches long, 

 and completely covering the convex surface of a mass of 

 mica slate, a foot long, and ten inches wide. 



In going from Norwich to Blandford, I passed through the 

 east part of Chester ; but had not time to search for the ma- 

 ny interesting minerals discovered in that place by Dr. Em- 

 mons. I observed, however, both in Chester and in Bland- 

 ford, sappare in abundance, disseminated extensively in mi- 

 ca slate. In Blandford it is accompanied by wine colored 

 staurotide. 



On an island in a branch of WestfieH river, near what is 

 called Chester village, one of the inhabitants informed me, 

 an hundred days work, had been performed a few years 

 since, in search of Capt. Kidd's* money. The digging was 

 accompanied with the superstitious observances common on 

 such occasions. They were greatly discouraged in one 

 part of the process by the intrusion of my informant, who 

 by speaking to them, when they were observing the most 

 profound silence, broke the charm, and the treasure they 

 supposed just within their reach, was thus irrecoverably lost. 

 They did all in their power, by gestures, to prevent the fatal 

 word from being spoken ; but they could not make them- 

 selves understood. At another time they were greatly en- 

 couraged to proceed, by finding an iron pot, containing 



* A celebrated Buccaneer. 



