The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-19

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they vii be reired 70 By The numbers given IN ,6'
| aoovc table.
| Nun,he to inclusive are coxsposed oS Are sill
ceous Ese grams OF when sr0 rnosilF 81 srnsH
szea and With Hehrp assies. fhe orggssc cont WITS are
not sbnpasnt CT the cscareous poysfzxmis .csre "a
sea- cey race. br some OF the sitceouT nag
oe found IN She light parts which may be rseJ rc tSo
ssud An opy these ciatoms numerous fragments iGs
tos perfect scs OF cscinodiscare the sabnndalS.
soCo rpeces n chsetoceros alse &c en- which are
betey.o 70 be o. no'the's origin.
Nu~oes b is q coarse gravel, ccrnposed OF common
sDo j-spery quartz with somo fesd.par borsstsndo
40 IL !, much tse coars vt of all the spacine-B
some OF IL quartz grams ara rounded by sit1t-
ton, wise large portion quite snsrp nn6s
braided among ,ne organic conenis very few poly
thaiamA vere notice with some dissoms and sIonge
lT,Cnes
Number Cls a 6ae c,lcareous mud which ensrvescs
Dimky wisn .clds and 'ieias oy .hs n. arnen icrse
ises ink sps.neD iaseTsstng ~ indcsang ths
Dercentht OF nat great selcAreonr deposie exieadss
neary across sse atlantic, which WI be slu led
sneg,qtent pa graphs
WANDER 10 >, Inclusive, srr ane csicsreous mads
vhicn ,hfrveece brissy wtt acids and cbound sa&
t1'saseous poiytL na particularly In npeclea Of gob
aesins they aisc contain nunerocs and veey ntersss
sS9eces " the thfecGs poly sstss diacr,s aud
sicilns. The mineral residue fron aclds is usually
quiisr1si In relative amount, snd cooslsto-cf mnuss
hipnosle0 grains Nro9g wnics gaarsz precc nnstcs
kanf5er II sncfusive, ain in assston 10
what rseoye meItoRed wlst apssrs to be wecharas-
iszeo 7ocaric asaes The shaps of nmise sn ncssian
crssiyo hoTIpienoey singis and groups, Stu other
isIeons products percieted ey osysals. Tive sub
,tar Ger grnsray form bats small fv,oa OF resfs us
ieit Dy srids nnd may DO ore relnly deteccS whes
tnis resaue is exawind n water when In
uaisAm. Ency are partcnsriy recognizable 10 n m
Number 20 IA = Are caleareous r,ud yna some .yob
ss,rle his chiefly norcesoe as leaving with acSs q
considerably amount OF hne quartz taIa mingled vita
nicfo'copc go0ues of iron ps rites 10 yielded 20 70
cosDizaoie volcanic products and very low sirssous
orga0nns.
Numoer. % ard "a are very similar IN character 70
humber ~ bathey yielded no giobaies or roo pyrtes
somo general remarks on the resulls OF examus-
lions Of the specimens above referred 70 will
gwen
let The employment OF sed enables nieto correct aa
erroneous satentnt which made time since ooa-
cernirg the deep sonndngs OF the Atlantic Having a
that time only small portion OF the soundipgs and bo-
iDg unwilling to destroy of mstiers so preoosa
did not apply acids and overlooked the posasa
OF mineral matter which, though oiten very small b N
20. The mineral ms,ser in these souudinss generally
shows sens Of abrasion, the shapest edges anc a.
giles Of the softes, minerals being retained Tee
minute sze Of thE particles aud their sharp Angular
from gentle Currsns and mol subseqaensly dissur
Even the aud most aoAdcd materials may have
a rse usi Increase Of caicsreous rn.ssr A the
Gull stream spprot ched and the press noe Of calcarsc
oIssn.%s ms from vs. western msrgs, .Uos. eonp.ssy
previously made o. the Coast Survey adngs " Ne
Gun eam ooiAnec iusines sousn, snon snow ma -
and por eiotes form tbe bed o the Gulf through
ou. s whole eoorso ss far a. ye. e1Anined and also O.
sth. These maris contain . great number of uA6s-
scsihsd Organisms, both sicsous and cacareous hssy
tptcies which oSuT es far ssuth Florida aud the Guk
Of Mexico, found the northern sound,nTs above
described, vnle very remarkable species fund h
southern lacaiities, and rice rysa. The descnoeA
Of the new species In preparation for speedy puoliSA
ton.
9th Only . few lmpe feet siliccous casts OF pay.
thals mia and well characterized green Sand caSas
have been detected In these northern scurdlngs whNs
their presence Ia tho rule rather than tho excev-
ton With regard 10 tie southern soundngs above rsrsa
to.
eth The occurrence OF what appear 70 be vscaao pro-
ducts in he bed OF the for distance Of sbsSa
twenty two degrees Of iopgitucc about thouaank
mlh Is extraor dnary fact and which deserves
careful scyu;oy. Thas any familiar With the misrs
scopc appear OF voaDc ashes NC would pruuospss
there matters 10 be ~ vulcanu origin have couhe.
A. however. the ingenious suE2cstion made IN ~
that htse isneous products might be derived sbs
hies OF the ocean sesmsrs along or near whose peh
wsy shesc sounding, we're made n became impostzna
that these furna5c products should also be studied rn
was ersoed TO do by the Kindness OF Sr ksnning ths
ohsrg sseut Of our orlcs who procured for tre0
tho stcsmeTs Themselves specimens OF such
throw overheard from the ash pits ID the steamers
Asia and Baltic. Careful examination Of these specDsa9
showed thai tney contain cd group Of products whch
could po pcesiby be couounded with the supposed vu
car matters In fact, o-c relation between th0
two Of bodies except thai both were evidenuv
the rosulu Of intense heat upon different mineral
Among the furnace products OF the soams Bait,
single and ssueSsted gAss spheres Of minuss
microscopic szc, which, N they should -
ieund N the soundrgs, would be very puxsiag
VIII oui this clue TO their origin.
Tth The question OF tho original Of thees
plucnc tAiies may have travelled, and In whaA dvSs-
top--whcsher from tho Azores. the Medcryansaa.
iom lcclspdnvolycs study OF currents and exanA
patton of soundirgs which have yet 70 be made.
n.
Tho speoinens coustitctng the second series