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Water of absorption 3-25 



Vegetable matter 4-20 



Silex -.. 84-40 



Peroxide of iron 4*11 



Alumina 2*63 



Carbonate of lime 0*75 



Magnesia 0-65 



98-99 



Soil of Tribe' s-MU. 

 Derived directly from the Utica slate, and filled with fragments of the same ; effervesces 

 slightly with acids. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water of absorption 4-00 



Black organic matter 10-50 



Silex 74-80 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 6-40 



Carbonate of lime 2-08 



Sulphate of lime 1-20 



Magnesia 0-40 



99-38 

 Soil taken from a hill about four hundred feet above the Mohawk in Amsterdam. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water of absorption 4*50 



Organic matter 4-75 



Silex... 79-50 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 8-40 



Carbonate of lime 1 -09 



Magnesia 0-40 



98-84 



Soil four miles west of Littlefalls. 

 Cultivated meadow ; surface soil. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water of absorption.. 4-00 



Organic matter . 12-00 



Silex. 71-78 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 10-25 



Phosphate of lime 0-07 



Carbonate of lime 1-50 



Magnesia 0-40 



100-00 

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