Year: 1872

Some years ago while in a neighboring state, the writer had brought to his notice 8 geological curiosity, the location and pecu liarity of which might be worthily present ed.

 On the summit of 8 mountain peak rests curious rock curious, because in all the country around there is none other, except one seven miles distant, that at all resem. bles it in color. while to cap sheaf all won- der, it may be stated that the one here re- ferred to is the north CD end of an egg shaped rock, the south CD end being located on another mountain peak, this, as stated above being seven miles distant, and between which exist various valleys of notorious abruptness, discrepancy in an extreme of profile being some 1000 or more feet.

 Careful observations of the seam of de- tachment will present but few characteris- tics, but they are we'll defined in position and peculiarity. These and various meas urements which were compared, exhibited . wonderful identity. The Indians gave our first settlers knowledge of these facts, but they had total ignortnce as to how they came there, although some with whom l have contended, say that in days like those of pyramids it might have been moved by man. Reasoning based upon it's excess i've weight, (each being lOOx5O feet high) Its profile to encounter, even the perfection of modern engines give to such course of reasoning certain serious doubts without entering upon any consideration as to the sntiquatsd inferiority common to such days, or the probabilities as regards the skill of the Indian in mechanical questions. The curiosity of such sight is of little account, but the reader may, like me, wonder how it was that these rocks happened to have so &eometrical an appearance; (egg shape ) how they became broken and located on the mountain peaks, not only SO far apart but across such discrepancy of profile. As one of no geological attainments, I could but wonder as did the inhabitants, that those questions were sort of rackers, and those versed in geological reasonings were amongst those sought for to dispel from my mind the unaccountableness of such won- ders, as objects similar to such as are here presented seem to be without number, and universally can receive no satisfactory ex- planation, I would now say after having heard and perused many a careful and ma tured deliberation, that reasonings and sur misses appearing the most plausible and worthy of the best beleifs, are ir great degree as follows:

 Geologlsts affirm that the primary forma- ton of the earth's surface is due in a great measure to an aquaous and glacial drift ing. and at time every solid was covered most intense and penetrating action of frost prevailed. The first we can suppose of any object is ss is expressed without shape. Any rock in this shape by continued and restless aquaous action. will in time assume certain phases of roundness, of which egg shapedness can with propriety be consid- cred one description of roundness. All this being easily comprehended and consid- cred possible if not probable. Our next advancement made is to the reign of frost, the wedge to split the rock, besides imbed- ding it in volume of ice, which, is of so great an extent as will float it. One ex- treme follows another, is capital weather guide, 80 in time the dissolution of our frozen empire comes to pass and although the rock be an anchor, the ice is it's buoy, and though it's buoyancy be all the while leSseninC. and it sinks more and more all the while, it finally in it's drifting, by it's constant weight, founders upon the higher of the mountain peaks, yet is it's former buoyancy to slight degree resumed when one of it's halves is released from this glacial grasp, but only to drift, become less buoyant, sink the more and finally founder and become detached and located on an adjacent peak as is previously related. $.