VOLUME 6-NO. 81
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/ AN IRON MAN-SINGULAR PErRIFAcrIoN.-
On Saturday last, gentleman brought into


Portsmouth, from Bloom Furnace Scoio county,


part of an Iron Man, found ia the ore 6edl--
The part we saw was the foot and part of the


Reg Having been converted into iron by by a
gradual process, the mnutest divisions as be-


tween the toes &c. were visible; but the ge.i-


erai outline of the foot and ankle were papabe.
The spreading across the toes-the general
outline OF tho toes--the heel--ankle, &C., were
perfectly plain. We were told that the head and


arms we're still more pefect! There could not


be the least doubt of its having been man. Nor
is there much doubt of the manner in which it


came in this condition. The body must original
y have been petrified in lime; but of this there
remains now only the outside ncrustation, which


will crumbe off. What was The man is now iron.


By som natural process the iron must have grown
oul OF lime, and hero is theme for Geologis.s


How did this change take piacel If we are
right, and the facts seem 10 leave no room for
doubt, this Iron Man would afford one of the most
beautiful subjects for Geological lectue. The
Iron ore, IN which it is found, is called the Caca-
reous Formation. The process of It's formation,
would be an instructive study.--Cin. Chon.