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merits for the fame end may be afterwards made 

 at the fire-fide, on a charcoal fire. Even a to- 

 bacco-pipe may be ufed as a crucible in a com- 

 mon fire. 



The collector mould alfo attend to as many of 

 the following particulars as poffible„ 



1. When any article is collected, mark it by a 

 number, or fome fign of diftin&ion, referring to 

 a catalogue, with all the particulars that may be 

 known relative to it; as, 



2. Where it was found. 



3. In what quantity, whether fcarce or abun- 

 dant. 



4. If on the furface of the earth, or at what 

 depth, 



5. In what pofition, whether horizontal, per- 

 pendicular, Sec. And with what other foffil bodies 

 it was found; as clay, ftone, flate, mineral, &c. 



6. Whether in ftrata, or loofe nodules. 



7. The depth and thicknefs of the ftrata, how 

 they incline, or to what points of the compafs they 

 tend; or if level or horizontal; whether they 

 liave perpendicular or horizontal fiffures, and 

 what foffil bodies are contained in thefe fiffures. 



8. All high mountains and hills, efpecially their 

 fides, are to be fearched ; the fhores alfo of the 

 fea, with their banks, and the cliffs adjacent, and 

 the falls of cafeades, rivers, and great gullies. 



9. The fituation of mines, pits, and quarries, 

 whether in a valley or hill ; and the difpofition of 

 the ftrata, whether horizontal, inclining, Sec. their 

 thicknefs, and the depth they lie; and what other 

 foffils are imbedded in the ftrata, or in the neigh- 

 bouring caverns, fiffures, partings, Sec. 



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