44 Afr. Millses miner alogical Account of 
fine grained iron stone, but the major part was entirely free 
from the matrix ; every piece more or less rounded on the 
edges, of various weights, forms, and sizes, from the most mi- 
nute particle up to 2 oz. ljdzvt . ; only two pieces are known 
to have been found of superior weight, and one of those is 5, 
and the other 22 ounces. 
I much regret not having been present when the work was 
going on, that I might have seen the gold as found, before 
prepared for sale by breaking off any extraneous matter that 
adhered ; for in that state, a proper attention to the substances 
with which it was united, and a subsequent diligent inspection 
of the several veins that range through the mountain, might 
assist towards the discovery of that from whence it was de- 
tached. 
I shall shortly return to England ; and on my arrival, will 
send specimens of the gold, and of the different substances of 
the mountain, to be deposited (if you think proper) in the col- 
lection of the Royal Society. 
And am, with great respect, &c. 
ABRAHAM MILLS* 
The bearings are all taken by the compass, without allow- 
ing for the variation. 
BESIDES these accounts of the gold found in Ireland, the 
following information has been received on that subject. 
William Molesworth, Esq. of Dublin, in a letter to 
Richard Molesworth, Esq. F. R. S. writes, that he weighed 
the largest piece of gold in his balance, both in air and water ; 
