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near Paris. Yellow, with black dendrites, from 

 Rouen. Of St. Maximin, department of Var, 

 much esteemed in commerce, and called portor, 

 or the gold-bearer, because in that of the best 

 quality it is black, veined with golden yellow*. 

 White, from Civrai, reputed too hard by the mar- 

 ble-cutters, while this is in fact a perfection of 

 marble. 



Many curious marbles are also found in the 

 isle of Corsica, now subject to France, as the cipo- 

 line of Corte ; and the isle of Elba has immense 

 quarries of white, veined with blackish green, and 

 also the cipoline. 



The French make great use of marble, in tables 

 of all kinds, &c. &c. ; to which practice may in 

 part be owing the infrequency of conflagrations, 

 and no insurance company could derive the least 

 advantage in that country. 



SPAIN. The milk-white of Cordova. Near 

 Filabres there is a mountain, about a league in 

 circuit, and 2000 feet in height, which is one en- 

 tire block of the purest white marble, and capable 

 of the highest polish. This singular mass is about 

 three leagues from Almeria, in Grenada. The 

 famous palace of the Alhambra, at Grenada, is 

 partly constructed from the white marble rocks, 



* Da Costa, p. 203, says it was much used in England, 



