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INDEX. 



Smilax chinas a nouirishing food obtained from the roate 



of the, 295. 

 Snake-root, 287 



Snom-drop, or fringe-tree, 283. 

 Soap-stone, 404. 



Soil, internal structure of the, 34. Granitic region, ib. Sand-' 

 stone, 40. Calcareous, 42. Sea sand, 48. River Allu- 

 vions, 50. 



p • of New England, 196. Of Massachusetts, 198. Of 



Rhode Island ^ ib. Of Connecticut, 199. Of New York, ib. 

 Of New Jersery, 200. Of Pennsylvania, 202. Of Dela- 

 ware, 204. Of Maryland, 205. Of Virginia, 206. Of 

 Kentucky, 207. Of North Carolina, 209. Of South Ca- 

 rolina, ib. Of Georgia, 214. QfOhio, ib. Of Tennes- 

 see, 215. 



Spelt, 230. ' 

 Sphex ca/'ulea, blue wasp, 383. 

 Spikenard, 295 



Springs, mineral, 425. Ebbing in Tennessee, ib. Abun- 

 dance of salt, ib. Sulphureous and bituminous, 427. Of 

 alum, on the Rappahannock, ib. Mineral, in Connecti- 

 cut, lb. At Saratoga in New York, ib. At Bristol in 

 Pennsylvania, 431. Warm and hot in Bath county, Vir- 

 ginia, ib. Sweet, in Monro county, 436. In Botetourt 

 county, 437. Sulphur in Green Briar county, 438. In 

 Monro county, 439. In Berkley county, 440. New mi- 

 neral, near Harrisonburgh, ib. Several medicinal in South 

 Carolina, 441. A remarkable, in New Jersey, 443. An, 

 inflammable, in lake Erie, 447. The Falling, in Virginia, 

 460. 



Squid, 364. / ^ 



Stalactites, ^07. 



Starch, prepared from the horse -chesnut, 261. 

 Steatites, or Soap-stone. 404. 

 St. John's %vort, 300. 

 Sturgeon, 359. 



Sulphate of strontian, 408, Of barytes, ib. Native, of mag- 



nesh, and soda, 409. Of alumine, ib. 

 Sumach, smooch Pennsylvania, 291. Swamp, lb. 



SivaUow ivort, 287- 



Swamp sassafras, 290. | 

 Syntherisma, crab grass, 221. f 



