Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of MassachusettsJ.S. and C. Adams, 1835 - 702 pages |
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abundant anthracite appears argillaceous slate augite beds Berkshire Boston bowlders clay coal coarse color common compact feldspar conglomerate Connecticut river Connecticut valley considerable contains crystalline crystals Deerfield deposited described diluvial diluvium direction east eastern elevation epidote exhibits exists extensive feet feldspar formation Gay Head geologists geology gneiss granite Granite Vein gray graywacke green greenstone Hadley Hedw hill Hoosic mountain hornblende hornblende slate inches Latr layers limestone Massachusetts masses mica slate micaceous miles mineral Muhl nearly nodules numerous occurs oxide of iron porphyry probably produced quantity quarry quartz quartz rock range red sandstone resembles ridges sand sandstone scapolite seen serpentine side sienite sketch slaty sometimes spar species specimens steatite stone strata stratified rocks structure surface talc talcose slate tertiary tion town trap Turner's Falls unstratified variety vicinity wacke West Springfield Westfield Westfield river Whately Worcester Worcester county
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Page 148 - ... will not (it seems to me) be admitted for a moment by any impartial observer. It has obviously been the result of different agencies and of different epochs; the result of causes sometimes operating feebly and slowly, and at other times violently and powerfully. But the conclusion to which I have been irresistibly forced, by an examination of this stratum in Massachusetts, is, that all the diluvium which had been previously accumulated by various agencies, has been modified by a powerful deluge,...
Page 205 - Maushope, who was an Indian giant, as fame reports, resided in these parts. Enraged at the havoc among the children, he on a certain time waded into the sea in pursuit of the bird, till he had crossed the Sound and reached Nantucket. Before Maushope forded the Sound the island was unknown to the red men.
Page 92 - This mountain overlooks the site of some of the most sanguinary scenes that occurred during the early settlement of this region. A little south of the mountain the Indians were defeated in 1675 by Captains Lathrop and Beers: and one mile northwest, where the village. of Bloody Brook now stands, (which derived its name from the circumstance,) in the same year, Captain Lathrop was drawn into an ambuscade, with a company of " eighty young men, the very flower of Essex County," who were nearly all destroyed.
Page 242 - Every thing declares the species to have its origin in a distinct creation, not in a gradual variation from some original type ; and any other hypothesis than that of a new creation of animals suited to the successive changes in the inorganic matter of the globe — the condition of the water, atmosphere, and temperature — brings with it only an accumulation of difficulties.
Page 205 - Maushope found the bones of the children in a heap, under a large tree. He then, wishing to smoke a pipe, ransacked the island for tobacco, but finding none, he filled his pipe with poke, a weed which the Indians sometimes used as a substitute. Ever since the above memorable events, fogs have been frequent at Nantucket and on the Cape. In allusion to this tradition, when the aborigines observed a fog rising, they would say, " There comes old Maushope's smoke...
Page iii - Resolved, that his Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Council, be authorized to...
Page 99 - River. high hills west of that place; and as to the defile, through which Deerfield river runs between Shelburne and Conway, it is so narrow, and the banks, of several hundred feet in height, are so steep, that it is difficult even on foot to find a passage: though full of romantic and sublime objects to the man who has the strength and courage to pass through it. From the west part of Shelburne, however, to the foot of the principal ridge of Hoosac mountain in Florida, a good road leads along the...
Page i - ... so essential to internal improvements, and the advancement of domestic prosperity, would be discovered, and the possession and advantages of them given to the public. I am assured that much has already been gratuitously done, by some eminent professors in our colleges, towards the accomplishment of such a work, and that, at a little expense, it might be completed, and the fruits of their generous labors thus far, be secured to the State. This, however, will require the interposition...
Page 41 - This bed cannot be less than a quarter of a mile in breadth, and five or six miles long. The colors of the rock are various, and its hardness unequal. If wrought it might supply the whole world. It yields both the precious and the common varieties. There is another bed in the same town, associated with steatite or soapstone. In the west part of Westfield is found another extensive bed of this rock, extending into Russell, of a much darker color, and containing green talc. This has beer, used in a...
Page i - ... the work, and the towns and cities of the Commonwealth were required, under a penalty for non-compliance of $ 100, to have minute and accurate surveys of their respective territories made within a year, and the State surveyor was to " project an accurate skeleton plan of the State," which should " exhibit the external lines thereof, and the most prominent objects within those lines, and their locations.