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of 1t is erecled a wooden chapel. The former of thefe wellsoccurs on the fouthern declivity of the hill, and is fcarcelyfix feet in depth: the peafants afcribe medicinal virtues to itswater; though, like many other fprings in high repute withthe vulgär, it is merely a pure and limpid ftream. The wholehill was embellifhed with variegated flowers; which, toge-ther with the dwarf-elms growing on its upper lurface, con-tributed to give it a pleafing appearance: hence it is a favouriterefort of young country people on feftival days. The plants,flourifhing here, evince their Vegetation and fubfequent decom-pofition to have been attended with fome elevation andchange of foil, as well as of the vegetables. The CbryfatithemumLeucanthemmn, and Succija, are very frequent; and, on thefouth fide of the hill, the Sckrantbus annuus, and the odoriferousAnthoxanthum, were in bloflbm.

" Like the furrounding country, the Bronnitzkaya-Goraconfifts of a loamy foil: on its lower part are fcattered manyprodigious flag-ftones, which are compofed of a reddifli feld-quartz, interfperfed with a black blende, in the manner ofgranite. Numbers of them have already been fplit by explo-fion, and conveyed to the capital; as they afFord excellentmaterials for building: neverthelefs, feveral are ftill obfervable,which meafure feven feet and upwards in diameter. Thelargeft of thefe ftones was found at the foot of the hill, nearthe road; and, according to the cavity it has occupied in the

ground, ii muft ha>s, mea&ired ;*.^. e c'virj iwe-xi^ or;; feet

in diameter. Is it, therefore, probable that fuch rocks couldhave been carried thither by the force of the water, as is

generally