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  H. 
  A. 
  Ward 
  — 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Plymouth 
  Meteorite. 
  

  

  thought 
  that, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  certain 
  land- 
  

   marks 
  (a 
  fence 
  and 
  tree), 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  he 
  would 
  still 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   locate 
  it 
  very 
  closely. 
  This 
  he 
  subsequently 
  undertook 
  to 
  do 
  

   by 
  trenching, 
  but 
  was 
  unsuccessful 
  in 
  finding 
  the 
  mass. 
  I 
  was, 
  

   myself, 
  present 
  and 
  assisted 
  in 
  a 
  further 
  search 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  last, 
  using 
  a 
  surveyor's 
  magnetic 
  needle, 
  with 
  the 
  hopes 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  being 
  attracted 
  to 
  the 
  mass 
  and 
  discovering 
  it, 
  but 
  

   all 
  to 
  no 
  purpose. 
  Mr. 
  Kyser 
  seems 
  to 
  feel 
  very 
  confident 
  of 
  

   his 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  mass 
  where 
  he 
  

   buried 
  it 
  22 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  is 
  unable 
  to 
  prove 
  its 
  presence 
  by 
  

   re-discovery. 
  Nor 
  has 
  he 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  another 
  eye-witness, 
  his 
  

   father 
  having 
  died 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  original 
  finding 
  and 
  burying 
  

   as 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  smaller 
  piece 
  which 
  was, 
  as 
  before 
  said, 
  found 
  in 
  1883, 
  

  

  was 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Kyser, 
  Sr., 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Adams 
  

   who, 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  

   kept 
  a 
  plow 
  factory 
  

   in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Ply- 
  

   mouth. 
  It 
  was 
  re- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  their 
  

   family 
  until 
  last 
  

   November, 
  when 
  it 
  

   was 
  brought 
  t 
  o 
  

   Ward's 
  Natural 
  

   Science 
  Establish- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  Rochester, 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Adams 
  from 
  whom 
  

   I 
  procured 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  mass, 
  as 
  rep- 
  

   resented 
  in 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   companying 
  cut 
  

   (fig. 
  1) 
  is 
  a 
  length- 
  

   ened, 
  tongue 
  - 
  like 
  

   form, 
  not 
  unlike 
  a 
  

   rude 
  Mound-build- 
  

   er's 
  axe. 
  Its 
  greatest 
  

   length 
  is 
  12-J 
  inch- 
  

   e 
  s 
  ; 
  its 
  width 
  7f 
  

   inches 
  ; 
  its 
  thick- 
  

   ness 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   about 
  two 
  inches, 
  

   from 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  it 
  slopes 
  in 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  even 
  manner 
  to 
  a 
  thin, 
  rounded 
  edge. 
  

  

  