[ 30 ] 
VIII. Account of a Mountain of Iron 
Ore^ at Taberg m Sweden, in a Letter 
to Mr, Peter Collinfon, F. R. S, By Pe- 
ter Afcanius, M, D, Tranfated Jroin the 
Latin by Mr, Emanuel Mendes de Cofta, 
F, R, S, 
\ 
Dear Sir, 
Read Feb. 6, T Herewith fend you a fhort but accu- 
X account, and explanation, of the 
drawing I fliewed you, when I had the pleafure 
to view your colleftion of minerals, and we dif- 
courfed on them. The fubjed is not unworthy your 
curiofity and learning, which I have long heard of, 
but which I now have the pleafure to be acquainted 
Tvdth. This Ihort delcription I have extraded from 
the journals of my travels 5 and it may perhaps be 
of utility to fome future traveller, who may choofe to 
vifit the place. Permit me to intitule it, 
A Befcription of the Mountain, which is intireiy 
compofed of Iron Ore, at Taberg hi Smalandia 
in Sweden. 
The mines of Sweden are juftly efteemed fuperior 
to the mines of mod: other countries ; and thofe of 
iron are the moil famed. -Among the mod: curious 
of the latter is that of Taberg, if, with propriety, it 
can be called a mine. The Swedifli iron is, and has 
always been, carried to mod parts of Europe, and 
2 is 
