or liberty to make a close examination. I wish to say in addition,
that I have traveled far and spent much money to see things of
not one-tenth the interest that this stone giant was to me,
and thought I had made good use of time and money.

Respectfully yours,
GEORGE GEDDES.
Oct. 20th, 1869.


WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDINGS
OF THE IMAGE?

The spot is perhaps twenty-five feet below the house. The soil on
the surface is a loose one, half sand and half muck (dark.) The
spot has undoubtedly been filled in to a considerable extent from
washings from the hills around. Mr. Wright, the former owner, says
that the spot used to be covered with water, and that he had at one
time a bridge constructed over this very point, in order to reach
the higher land beyond. Even after the water failed to stand there
constantly, he was obliged to use the bridge, as the soft muck was
four or five feet deep, and was impassable for cattle and teams.
The Onondaga Creek was within twenty rods of the spot, and at some
seasons of the year overflows it. Some suppose the channel of the
Creek was once there. The place had been a regular swamp for years.
Mr. Newell has owned the farm for three years, and has occasionally
ploughed around and thrown in dirt, to the depth of at least a foot.

Under the three or more feet of muck is found a strata of gravel
from two to six and eight inches in depth. The body rests in and