
          in generally silecious & colored very much with
[nd?] oxide. Some quarter specimens, but none
that I have yet seen equal in beauty those of
Reuselliees Co. & Herkimer C.N.Y. the
varieties of the Green Mts. Vt. From their
locality I presume they will be interesting
& I shall endeavor to forward if I hear from
you. The geological structure of [Juffuree?]
you may perhaps learn from a stone
or two which I have sent to the
missionary rooms. I have seen Adams
bridge, & if I [wen?] to  [hurard?] the opinion of a novice
I should say it altogether of volcanicorigin. It
is not basaltic like the palisades, but of [animenso?]
lamellar mosses, shells, pebbles etc [unibed?]
ded. The coast for [?] is of the same character.
The furious winds, as they [?] over
the extended land plains, pile up vast
hills of sand, and impede cultivation
very much, in many places for miles the sand is
10 or 12 inches deep & in others for furlongs, it is 40 or 50
feet deep, still there is room & [source?] for twice or
thrice the amount of population which now covers

        