J)r. Falconer on the Knoisiledgei ^c. 5 c 



Art thou, my Gregory, for ever fled ! 

 And am I left to unavailing woe ! 

 When fortune's ftorms allliil this weary head. 

 Where cares long fince have Ihed untimely'fnow, 

 Ah ! now for comfort whither (hall I go ! 

 No more thy foothing voice my anguifh chears : 

 Thy placid eyes with fmiles no longer glow, 

 IVIy hopes to cherifh, and allay my fears,— 

 *Tis meet that I Ihould mourn — Flow forth afrefh 

 my teart !" • 



* Seattle's Minftrel, fecond Book, concluding ftanzas. 



On the Knowledge of the Ancients reJpeSiing 

 Glass, tvith a Sketch of its History dozvn 

 to later Times. By Dr» Falconer. Read 

 December 17, 1783, 



Ante Chriftum, tjErodotus is, I believe, the 



Ann. 440. f-l n ■ • • t 



Herodotus. molt ancieat writer, in whom 



the word i;'a^<J5, which is generally 

 underftood to fignify glafs, occurs. He fays, 

 that " the ^Ethiopians furrounded the dead 

 bodies of perfons of high rank, after being pre- 

 vioufly embalmed, with a cafe of glafs j which 

 fubftance, he adds, is dug up there with eafe, 

 and in plenty. The dead body, he fays, appears, 



in 



