Fifth--The fracture of the stone along the left leg,, and especially
on the heel of the left foot, which seems to be recent and fresh,
is the fracture of our common gypsum, and leaves no doubt, so far
as the eye can determine, that the material is stone.
It is said that on striking the head or the chest, it gives forth
a sound indicating that the statue is hollow. Such evidence must
in any event be very uncertain, and now no such experiments are
permitted.
No one is permitted to touch the statue, but I was allowed to look
at it with a powerful glass at my leisure.
I have carefully read the nine points made in the Standard of the
23d, to its being a statue. None of them are conclusive, nor, as
it seems to be very strong, do they affect my belief on the subject.
The marvelous has a great attraction for all of us, but we cannot
afford to surrender our better judgment for the luxury of enjoying
a belief in it.
In the meantime, why will not Mr. Newell run a dozen or twenty
trenches from the locality of the giant, in every direction, down
through the alluvial soil to the clay, and see if other discoveries
may not be made, which will throw light on this one?
Very respectfully, E.W. LEAVENWORTH, SYRACUSE
Oct. 20th, 1869.
From the Syracuse Journal, Oct. 27th.
LETTER FROM PROFESSOR HALL, THE STATE GEOLOGIST
ALBANY, Oct. 26th, 1869.
Messrs. Truair & Smith, Publishers of the Syracuse Journal:
GENTLEMEN:--I have just received your favor of the 25th instant,
in relation to the "Stone Wonder," visited by us.
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