400 DOMAIN V. CALCAREOUS. 



stairs; an image of St. Nicholas, and crosses 

 erected by the Russians. Gmelin, who occupied 

 five or six hours in visiting a part of this remark- 

 able grotto, adds, that it is not after all so singular 

 as that of Bauman in the Hartz, and as the Neble 

 Loch, or Misty Hole, in the Duchy of Wirtem- 

 berg*. 



On descending to the more southern kingdoms, 

 we find the Turks occupied in converting the no- 

 blest monuments of Greece into lime ; instead of 

 exploring the ancient quarries of the islands, 

 among which Anti-Paros displays its celebrated 

 grottos in the purest white marble, with rich sta- 

 lactites and stalagmites of the same beautiful 

 substance ; and said to be as saline as that called 

 primitive. The beautiful green of Laconia is alike 

 unknown to these barbarians. 



GERMANY. White marble of Ratisbon. That 

 of Hildesheim approaches to ivory ; and the same 

 place likewise furnishes an ash grey. Wolfenbutel, 

 greyish white. Osnabruck, fine black. Oster- 

 gyllen, spotted, white, yellow, and deep grey. 

 Between Leipsic and Bareuth there is a quarry of 

 chesnut and liver- colour, with veins of deeper 

 tints. Ash grey, with black ramifications, from 

 Goslar. Green, veined with yellow, probably a 



* See his Journey to Siberia, in the Hist. Gen. des Voyag 

 torn. 24, 4to. p. 128, where there is a ground plan. 



