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NOTICE, &LC. 
I have thus endeavoured, at the request of our President, 
to lay before you a plain statement of the geognostic and 
geographic situation of this mineral. From this and other 
observations I have made in our short geological tour, I 
am induced to believe, that much might be done, by per- 
severance and research, in promoting many useful discove- 
ries ; and I more than ever feel convinced, that the great 
volume of Nature should be long and anxiously studied 
and consulted, by those who are desirous to promote 
science, and forward the high intentions of this Society. 
