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In lefs than an hour he had fancied himself magi- 

 cian, bifliop, archbiihop, cardinal, pope, and found 

 himself at last really a dupe and a knave. Every 

 thing had been illusion except his own deceit, and 

 the proofs he had given of his treachery and bad- 

 nefs of heart. He left the room in silence, found 

 his mule where he had left him, and returned again 

 to Badajoz, without having learnt to cast a nati- 

 vity. 



OF PETRIFACTIONS IN FIFE. 

 To the Editor of the Bee. 

 Mr Editor, 

 If you think the following fhort account of some 

 petrifactions in Fife will be acceptable to your read- 

 ers, you may at your conveniency give •- a corner 

 in your justly esteemed work. M. 



About a mile to the westward of Burntisland the 

 coast is rocky, and the beach covered with large 

 stones ; from these rocks, which are mostly of lime- 

 stone, a small rivulet, called Starly Burn, takes it« 

 rise ; and running slowly down the face of the hill, 

 deposits in its pafsage a portion of the calcareous 

 matter with which it is saturated, and forms a stra- 

 tum more or lefs thick, according to the obstacles it 

 hp.s met with in its pafsage ; forming incrustations 

 upon tlie diffe^fent bodies it meets with, such as mofs, 

 branches, and leaves of trees, \Sc. which are very 

 beautiful, particularly the mofs, which has evidently 

 Continued in a state of vegetation, after its roofs 



