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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
Ill. Coticala cinerea. 
Whet-jtone. 
I found here. a fmall wWhitifh fine grained Whet-ftoné thrown on 
the Shore, which I believe was not naturally a Produ@ of the Coun- 
try, but came from fone Ship which foft ir in the Neighbouring Sea. 
IV. Glarea. 
Gravel. 
There is Plenty of Gravel here as in Eagland, with which they 
Gsavel Walks\in Gardens after the Englifh Manner. 
V. Arena. 
Sands 
There is to be found Sand of feveral Colours and Sizes here, as in 
England, one Sort blackifh on the Banks of the Rio Cobre, was {aid 
to contain a little Silver. SF 
VI. Lapis Crucifer vel’ Staurolithes Aldrovand, Muf. metal. p. 880. 
Lapis Cruciger. Boet de Boodt. oe oe f : 
"Fever and Ague Stone. 
Thefe are frequent here, fo calPd from a pretended Vertue, they 
are faid to have, of curing Agues by the natural Crofs which is in 
them. They are brought from Peru, and have no fuch Virtue which 
Ican affirm by Tryals made of them in that Diftemper. 
Boetius de Boodt fays tis dugtwenty Miles from Compoftellain Spain. 
By way of Amulet carried on the pain’d Part, it cures Nephritic and 
Ilsac Paffions, apply’d to the Skin it is faid to cure Hemorhages from 
all Places, to produce Plenty of Milk, and to cure Fevers. Laft of 
all carried always hanging to the Neck, it is faid, to keep away the 
Devil. Aldrov, | a . 
VIL. apis ¢ cinereo, viridis, 
—Greenifh Fafper, 
This was of a more pale Colour than the Spleen Stone, but. green 
as it, having fome paler Veins in it, and being capable of as good 
a sha but fuch a one as Jafper takes, whence it is that I range 
it here. _ 
_T found ,it amongit the Pebbles and. Stones thrown up by the 
Sea. | | 
VUL, 
