10 LIFE OF SIR HANS SLOANE. 



stones generated in the kidney and bladder, of which man wofully knows 

 the effects : but the earth in her bosom generates the verdant emerald, 

 the purple amethyst, the golden topaz, the azure sapphire, the crimson 

 garnet, the scarlet ruby, the brilliant diamond, the glowing opal, and 

 all the painted varieties with which Flora herself might wish to be 

 decked ; here the most magnificent vessels of cornelian, onyx, sardonyx, 

 and jasper, delighted the eye, and raised the mind to praise the great 

 Creator of all things. 



When their Royal Highnesses had viewed one room and entered 

 another, the scene was shifted ; for when they returned, the same tables 

 where covered for a second course with all sorts of jewels, polished 

 and set after the modern fashion, or with gems carved or engraved, 

 the stately and instructive remains of antiquity. For the third course 

 the tables were spread with gold and silver ore, with the most precious 

 and remarkable ornaments, used in the habits of men from Siberia to 

 the Cape of Good Hope, from Japan to Peru, and with both ancient 

 and modern coins, and medals in gold and silver, the lasting monuments 

 of historical facts ; as those of Prusias, king of Bithynia, who betrayed 

 his allies ; of an Alexander, who, mad with ambition, overran and in- 

 vaded his neighbours ; of a Caesar, who enslaved his country to satisfy 

 his own pride ; of a Titus, the delight of mankind ; of a Pope Gregory 

 the XIII. recording, on a silver medal, his blind zeal for religion, in 

 perpetuating thereon the massacre of the Protestants in France, as did 

 Charles the IX., the then reigning king in that country. Here might 

 be seen the coins of a king of England crowned at Paris ; a medal rep- 

 resenting France and Spain striving which should pay their obeisance 

 to Britannia ; others showing the effects of popular rage, when over- 

 much oppressed by their rulers, as in the case of Dc Witt in Holland, 

 the deliverance of Britain by the arrival of William, the glorious ex- 

 ploits of a Marlborough, and the happy sway of the present royal 

 family. 



The gallery, one hundred and ten feet in length, presented a most 

 surprising prospect. The most beautiful corals, crystals, and figured 

 stones, 1 lie mosl brilliant butterflies and other insects, shells painted 

 with as great variety as the previous Stones, and feathers of birds 

 vying with gems. Here the remains of the world b< tore the Deluge, 

 excited the awful idea of that catastrophe, ami are so many evident 

 testimonies to the truth ofMoses' history. 



