SUMMER RAMBLES. 



The following is a list of the principal 

 places of interest in the vicinity of Middle- 

 town, shoAving the more important mineral- 

 ogical and botanical localites. It may prove 

 useful in planning Saturday tramps or even- 

 ing walks. 



Westfield Falls. Five miles N. W. of 

 the college. A romantic cascade of 50 feet, 

 plunging over a precipice of trap. 



Lamentation Mountain". On the N". side 

 of the Meriden Pike, six miles W. of the 

 college. A lofty eminence in th« trap range, 

 commanding a prospect of the sound on a 

 clear day. 



Middlefield Falls. Four and a half 

 miles S. W. A beautiful fall of 40 feet, sit- 

 uated on the Arrowmamett, in the town of 

 Middlefield. It is approached by a path 

 leading for a , mile along the bank of the 

 creek, . or by a carriage road. Minerals. In 

 the cavities of the trap rock, over which the 

 water falls, are found fine specimens of Dath- 

 olite, also Olivine, Prehnite and Chlorite. 



Cooke's Feldspar Quarry. On the 

 Haddam". pike, three miles S. E. of the col- 

 lege. Minerals. Feldspar, (which is used 

 to make enamel for earthemvare,) Albite, 

 Garnet, Beryl, Columbite, Black Tourmaline, 

 Magnetite,, occasional Apatite, Rutile,. and 

 ITranite. 



White Rocks. Two-and a half miles S. 

 E. of the college, A bare ledge of rocks, in 

 the granite hills, commanding a fine view of 

 Middletown and. the surrounding country. 

 Minerals. Here and in the immediate vi- 

 cinity, Albite, Feldspar, Beryl, Garnet, 

 Columbite, Magnetic Iron, Pyrites, Lepidol- 

 ite, Black, Green and Red Tourmaline. 

 Rare Plants-.. Ladies* Slipper, (Cypripedium 

 acaule), AVake Robins (Trillium erectumand 

 T. cernuum), Bell wort (Uvularia perfoliata), 

 Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralianudicaulis),. False 

 Spikenard (Smilacina racemosa). Blood 

 Root (Sangumaria Canadensis). 



