BITUMINOUS FAMILY. Thuringia; electorate of Saxony •, Bohemia; Silesia ; Hungary; the Tyrol; Stiria; Bamberg; Bavaria; Salz burg ; and France. Observations. 1. It passes sometimes into Cannel and Foliated Coal. 2. It very frequently contains mineral charcoal, and also a variety of pitch-coal, which is named Cherry-coal. 3. Its name is derived from its slaty fracture. Third Subspecies. Cannel-Coal. Kennelkohle, Werner. Gannelkohle, Estner, b iii. s. 151 —La Houille de Kilkenny, oa le Kennelkohle, Brock, t. ii. p. S3.—Cannelkohle, Reuss, b. iii. s. 130. Id. Voigt, s. 172. Id. Lud b. i. s. 18p. Id. Suck. ~ r th. s. 53. Id. Bert, s 348. Id. Mohs, b. ii. s. 320.— Houille compacte, Brong. t. ii. p. 3—Kannelkohle, Leonhard, Tabel. s. 50. Id. Karstcn, Tabel. s. 58 —Cannel Coal, Kid, vol. n. p. 52.—Kennelkohle, Lenz, b. ii. s. 1071.‘—Candle Coal, Aikin, p. 5. External Characters. Its colour is dark greyish-black. It is massive. Internally it is glistening, and the lustre is resinous. The fracture is sometimes large and flat conchoidab sometimes even. The fragments are irregular or cubical. It soft and seini-hard. It is brittle. It