CONTENTS. 



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Substitute for Emery : Tripoli or Rotten Stone : Native Alum, 48 



Mineral Waters : Sulphate of Baryta, 49 



Lithia, Chalcedony, Agates, Jasper, Beryls, and Cinnamon Stone, 50 



METALS AND THEIR ORES. 



Iron, ---------- 51 



Do. in Worcester, and in Sterling with Zinc : Chromate of Iron in 



Cummington and Blanford, ------ 52 



Iron in Hopkinton, in Hubbardston, and Hawley, - - 53 

 Do. in Bernardston, Somerset, Vt. and Winchester, N. H. and 



Cumberland 3 R. I. ------- 54 



Do. in Montague and Maiden : Hydrate of Iron, - - - 55 

 Brown Oxide of Iron in Lenox, Richmond, West Stockbridge, 



Salisbury, Ct. Bennington, Vt- and Cranston, R. I. - - 56 



Bog Ore, - .- - - - - 57 



Ochres, &c. Lead, in Southampton, - - - - - 58 



Lead in Northampton, - - - - - 59 



Do. in West Hampton, Williamsburg, Goshen, and Whately, 60 



Do. in Hatfield and Leverett, ------ 61 



Copper in Greenfield, - 62 



Zinc : Manganese in Plainfield, - - - - 63 



Manganese in Conway, Hindsdale, and Winchester, N. H. : Tin, 64 



Silver : Gold in Somerset, Vt. - - - - 65 



Idle Search after Gold and Silver, - - - 68 



Foolish Superstitions, - - - - - 70 



Concluding Remarks, - - - - - - 71 



PART II TOPOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. 



Connection between Geology and Scenery, 73 



Saddle Mountain, -------- 74 



Mount Washington, _ 76 



Monument Mountain, Alum Hill, and other elevated spots, 77 



Mount Holyoke, 78 



The Columns, - 80 



Titan's Pier: Mount Tom, - - - . - 81 



Sugar Loaf Mountain : Deerfield Mountain, - - 82 



Mount Toby, 8B 

 Wachusett: Blue Hills, - - - - -84 



Heights of various Elevations in the eastern part of the State, 85 



Vallies of Berkshire, - 87 



Valley of the Connecticut, 88 



Ravine of Westfield River, 89 



Ravine and Gorge of Deerfield River, - 90 



Valley of Worcester, - - . . _ - - 91 

 Valley of the Merrimack : Boston Harbor : View from the State 



House, ------- 92 



New Bedford : Narraganset Bay, 94 



