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This specimen I found imbedded in sand between [[strikethrough]] Black moss covered [[strikethrough]] rocks covered with Black moss. It had the [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] appearance of having been there time immemorial. It was about 10 feet above high water mark. Within 10 rods of the North shore of the Bay of Kew-gummy-ook 27 Aug/60 [[strikethrough]] Sunday Sept. 2d The snow on mountains south. None on the Eastern side. How accounted for [[/strikethrough]]