MODE V. OLLITE. 333 



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Nor is the culinary use of ollite unknown among 

 these rude tribes. 



Greenish grey ollite, spotted with golden mi- 

 ca, from Egypt. 



The same, spotted with green scales, from the 

 same. 



The same, spotted with black, from the same. 



These varieties belong to the real ophites of 

 the ancients. 



Greenish grey ollite, with black veins and 

 spots, from Zoblitz, in Saxony. 



Yellowish, from the same. 



Light grey, from the same. 



The same, from Como. 



Yellow and green ollite, from Finland. 



Karsten has the following specimens : 



" Greenish white, reflecting changeably into 

 silvery white, pot-stone, from Ochsenkopf. 



cc Greenish grey, spotted with reddish, pot- 

 stone, from the same place. 



" Very thin slaty pot-stone, with inlaying 

 garnets, from Tyrol. 



" Thin and curved slaty pot-stone, mixed 

 with quartz, from the same place. 



" Very thick and curved slaty pot-stone, from 

 Ochsenkopf." 



These examples are rather singular, and the 



