MODE I. MARBLE. 



Other ancient marbles will appear among the 

 Calcareous Glutenites. To enumerate modern 

 marbles would be infinite, but the more remark- 

 able of each country shall be selected, giving the 

 usual and due preference to our own. 



ENGLAND. Some of the most beautiful will 

 be found among the Conchitic, or shell kind. The 

 black marble of Derbyshire. Intense black mar- 

 ble, with distant white spots, Somersetshire. The 

 Cottam marble, found near Bristol, has black 

 dendritic delineations. Brown marble, variously 

 veined, from Devonshire. This is the marble 

 from Plymouth and Torbay, mentioned by Da 

 Costa, as of a fine deep black, beautifully varie- 

 gated with irregular veins of red, yellow, and 

 white. Much was brought to London, and worked 

 into chimney-pieces, tables, &c. He also de- 

 scribes a marble of a dull yellow, with many dots, 

 streaks, and spots of black, as found at Yeovil, 

 in Somersetshire ; and elegant tables of it may be 

 seen in that county, though it is not capable of a 

 fine polish *. The green and red marbles of Angle- 

 sea have already appeared in the Talcous Domain'}*. 



* Fossils, p. 221, 2l6. The Devonshire marble is mostly dull, 

 of a grey or a pale red, with spots of a deeper colour. It often con- 

 tains madrepores. The black kinds, with red arid yellow invo- 

 lutions, are the most elegant. 



^ Da Costa, p. 220, in speaking of the green marbles variegated 



