CONTENTS. 19 



CHAPTER I. STONES. 



Adamant Agate Alabaster Amethyst Amianthus 

 Beryl Carbuncle Chalcedony Chrysophrasus 

 Crystal Diamond Emerald Jacinth Jasper Mar- 

 ble Onyx and Sardonyx Pearls Ruby Sapphire 

 Sardius or Sardine Topaz 323 



CHAPTER II. EARTHS. 



Brimstone Pitch Salt Soap Nitre Vermilion Clay . .333 



CHAPTER III. METALS. 

 Gold-Silver Amber Copper Iron-Lead Tin 345 



SKETCHES OF PALESTINE. 



History of Geography Climate and Natural History 

 Jerusalem Manners and Customs of the Jews Bead 

 and Relic Trade Mount Zion Mount of Olives 

 Bethlehem The Dead Sea Lake of Tiberias The 

 Vale of Nazareth Mount Tabor Route to Nablous 

 and Tiberias - 355 



