250 The American Geologist. October, iqob 
ta and Lcptaena rhomboidalis mentioned in the same sen 
tence occur much lower, associated with Platystrophia lynx, 
in the Arnheim bed. East of Pendleton, in Henry county, 
the Zygospira kcntuckiensis horizon is found 73 feet above 
the horizon containing Dinorthis rctrorsa and Leptacena 
rhomboidalis. 
EDITORIAL COMMENT. 
The .Williamette Meteorite. 
Mention was made in the current volume of this jour- 
nal (p. 47) of this wonderful meteorite. Later it was trans- 
ferred to the "mining building" at the Lewis and Clark 
Exposition, at Portland, Ore., where it remained till the 
close of that exposition. As it was being moved into the 
building the writer made (August 23) the photograph which 
is reproduced herewith, (plate xiii, fig. 1). Prof. H. A. 
Ward has published a description of this iron," with ample 
illustration, and the accompanying figure 2, of plate xvi, is 
taken from his publication. 
The general shape of the mass is that of a depressed 
liberty bell somewhat elongated by lateral pressure. The 
general outline is rounded, there being no angularities ex- 
cept at the edges of the basins or holes that penetrate it, 
and which occupy a large part of the lower surface. The 
size of the mass is expressed by the following dimensions : 
Extreme length 10 ft. 3^ inches. 
Breadth 7 ft. 
Hight 4 ft. 
Estimated weight, from 12 to 15 tons. 
When it was discovered it lay nearly buried in the earth 
and soil, but a small part of it being visible. On being ex- 
humed it was found to lie with its conical point downward, 
the reverse of the position shown in fig. 2 of plate xvi. It 
is probable that in passing through the air in its descent it 
had that position. The denser part is in the cone and that 
* Proc, Rochester Academy of Science, vol. 4, pp. 137-148, March, 1904. 
