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A bone said to have been thrown up by the Eruptions in the Mississippi

A Stone taken out from between the skin and Flesh of an Ox by William Gintler. Weight eleven grains

A hair ball about 3 inches in diameter found in the Stomack of a Calf in Philada

A bottle taken from a creek at Cape Henlopen with Oysters growing to it.

calligraphy

A large specimen of writing, executed by donor in New-York, measuring three feet wide, and five feet five inches long

Curious stone found in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

[Stone?] in enclosed in a tree

A hair ball found in the Stomach of an Ox 3 years old

Decomposed Wood dug up from 45 feet below the Surface of the Earth at Washington City

A Fishing Hook, taken out of a hogs nose, with a bony incrustation around it

The Water in one of the City Hydrant Pumps becoming offensive, the place being opened, it was found to be owing to a quantity of fibrous Roots proceeding from a Lombardy Poplar

A very singularly formed Stone supposed by some to be a Petrifaction

A Fishing Hook, which has a bony concretion around it

A handsome display of penmanship by Miss E. Rogers, at the Hartford Female Academy, aged thirteen