540 m'xeven on the mineral water 



is found at the base of the hills and along the valleys. The inhabitant* 

 burn it for economic purposes. 



Our learned associate, professor Mitchill, has given some interesting 

 geological observations on this district, which he visited in 1810.* He 

 represents Schooley's Mountain as the middle region of the transition 

 chain, which extends in a north-easterly and south-westerly direction 

 across the state of New-Jersey, from the Highlands of New-York to 

 the Delaware. These heights completely divide the waters of New- 

 Jersey. From their north-western slope all their streams descend to 

 the Hudson and the Delaware. From their south-eastern declivity, 

 their currents reach the ocean by Newark and Raritan bays. These 

 elevations have, however, no pretensions to be classed with the Shawan- 

 gunk Mountains, which are a distinct chain, and make part of the great 

 Alleghany. Schooley's Mountain is of more moderate elevation. 

 Geometrical measurement has determined that its height, above its im- 

 mediate base, is more than six hundred feet ; and Doctor Mitchill 

 calculates, by approximation on the falls of water at the different mill- 

 dams along the hurrying channel of the Musconetcunck to its junction 

 with the Delaware, and on the descent thence to Trenton, that the base 

 itself is five hundred feet more above tide-water.f 



Rocks are thickly distributed over the face, and along the sides of 

 the mountain. They consist chiefly of feldspar and quartz. Many 

 masses may be examined without observing a vestige of mica, but a 

 little shistus or hornblende is found embodied in its stead. 



The mineral spring is found in the town of Washington, in the coun- 

 ty' of Morris. It is situated in a deep defile, between two beautifully 



* Vide the valuable Mineralogieal Journal of Dr. Bruce, vol. 1. p. 70. 

 t Mitchill, ibid. 



