View of the Adirondack Pass. 



CHAPTER IV. 



AGRICULTURAL GEOLOGY. 



QENE&Ali OB-ERYATIONS OS THE SOILS DERIVED FROM THE DECOMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT ROCKS. CI A SSIKIC 4- 

 TION OF ROCKS. .ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE MINERALS: FELSPAR AND ALBITE ; LABRADORITE ; HORNBLENDE j 

 HTPERSTHENE ; SERPENTINE; BASALT AND GREENSTONE. DRIFTED SOILS. 



^ 1. Soils derived from the decomposition of different rocks. 



In the pursuit of an important object, il is \vi:>e ami proper to avail ourselves of all (he 

 aids within our reach to secure its attainment ; and it is an imperious duty so to do, when 

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