HUDSON AND MOHAWK DISTRICT, 
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Water of absorption_ 3 "25 
Vegetable matter_ 4*20 
Silex___84-40 
Peroxide of iron_ 4*11 
Alumina_ 2-63 
Carbonate of lime_ 0-75 
Magnesia. 0*65 
98*99 
Soil of Tribe’s-hill. 
Derived directly from the Utica slate, and filled with fragments of the same ; effervesces 
slightly with acids. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption_ 4*00 
Black organic matter_ 10*50 
Silex.74*80 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 6*40 
Carbonate of lime. 2*08 
Sulphate of lime_ 1*20 
Magnesia__ 0*40 
99*38 
Soil taken from a hill about four hundred feet above the Mohawk hi Amsterdam. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption__ 4 *50 
Organic matter. 4*75 
Silex. 79*50 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 8*40 
Carbonate of lime_ 1*09 
Magnesia_ 0*40 
98*84 
Soil four miles west of Littlefalls. 
Cultivated meadow ; surface soil. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption_ 4*00 
Organic matter_ 12*00 
Silex.71*78 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_. 10*25 
Phosphate of lime_ 0*07 
Carbonate of lime_ 1*50 
Magnesia_ 0*40 
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