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of Down, and were seen to fall by some of the coast-guard. 

 You will find two small specimens of this stone along with 

 the other specimens in the box." Owing to an accident in 

 the transmission of the box, the specimens were not re- 

 ceived until within a few months, and hence the delay in 

 making known this interesting fall of meteoric iron. The 

 only additional information concerning the event, which- 1 

 am at present able to eonmiunicate, is the circumstance 

 mentioned in the label accompanying the specimens, " that 

 the name of the man who saw the mass fall, and who picked 

 it up, was Gibbon." ^okriSLIo WdabmA edi oi iito eoite 



The following is all that I am able at present to make 

 known concerning the mass. It is malleable, homogeneous, 

 and amygdaloidal. Specific gravity variable ; vesicular por- 

 tions = 5*9. Crust thick, sometimes one-third of an inch, and 

 consists of mixed oxides of iron, somewhat coated by blue 

 phosphate of iron (vivianite). In moist air, the chloride of iron 

 deliquesces in little drops. It does not afford the Widman- 

 stattian figures. It does not contain nickel, cobalt, or sulphur. 

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4. Description of a Large Stone of the Linn Co., Iowa, fall of 

 Feb. 25, 1847. .[. 3 j Qiuaoq: 



This stone, weighing 20 lb., has lately come into my hands 

 through the agency of Rev. R. Gaylord, of Hartford, Iowa, — 

 the same gentleman who procured forme the specimens which 

 were picked up at the time of the explosion of the meteor, 

 and of which an account was given at a former meeting of the 

 Association. (See vol. iv., 288, 289, of Silliman's Journal.) 



The following statement respecting it is from the Rev. Mr 

 Gay lord's letter of July 3, 1850. " It was found (in the sum- 

 mer of 1847) in Hooshier Grove, by Abner Cox. He was in 

 company with John Hollis, of whom I obtained two fragments 

 three years ago. They have had the stone two years or more 

 and by lying in the loft of a smoky cabin, it is somewhat 

 dingy in appearance. This John Hollis is the man who 

 ground up so much of the stones that were seen to fall, in 

 order to get silver. He was the means, however, of the care- 

 ful preservation of the present mass. Dr Knight found they 

 had the stone, and wrote me respecting it. 



