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67. Silver watch upon the dial of which are two mechanical figures, 

 which seem to strike the hours and quarters, though this is 

 done by a concealed bell. Made at Geneva, Switzerland, by 

 George Achard et fils, about the year 1780. (Diameter 54, 

 thickness 25 mm.) 



(Plate XXVII, fig. I.) 



Gilt metal watch, the back enameled on copper and studded with 

 jargons.^^ Made by Leonard Bordier at Geneva, Switzerland, 

 about the year 1785. (Diameter 56, thickness 23 mm.) 



(Plate XXIII, fig. 4.) 



69. A pinchbeck watch with double case; the inner case pierced and 

 engraved. The outer case is also pierced, engraved, and set 

 with an enamel portrait of a lady. A pinchbeck chain with a 

 topaz seal attached accompanies the watch. Made by Frazer 

 of London in the year 1785. (Diameter 63, thickness 34 mm.) 



(Plate XXXI, fig. I.) 



70. Silver verge watch with an outer case decorated with a painting 

 of a man bearing a gun, and accompanied by two dogs; the 

 outer case protected by a covering of transparent horn. Made 

 by Philip Phillips, of London, in the year 1776. (Diameter 60, 

 thickness 26 mm.) 



(Plate XXIII, fig. I.) 



1' Jargon or jargoon, is the name given in Ceylon to the colorless or yellowish 

 zircons, which are also sometimes called "Matura diamonds," because found in the 

 province of Matura. Zircon is a mineral slightly harder than quartz and is a 

 silicate of zirconium, though the name is also sometimes given to silicates of tin. 



