MODE I. MARBLE. 



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around the town of Molina, in New Castile. In 

 the neighbourhood of Grenada, white saline mar- 

 ble, slightly tinged with red. Similar, but of a 

 finer grain, from Badajos in Estremadura. White, 

 with large grey spots, from La Mancha*. Grey, 

 from Toledo. Grey, veined and spotted with 

 white. Black, with grey and white, from Moron, 

 La Mancha, and Biscay; which last also furnishes 

 a black, veined with ochre red. Violet, elegantly 

 spotted with bright yellow, from Tortosa : this is 

 the celebrated brocatello of Spain. Dull red, 

 veined and spotted with a lively red and shining 

 white, resembling grio tte -)*. Of a dull violet, like 

 wine lees, with little orange spots, from Valencia. 

 Flesh-coloured, veined with white, from Santiago ; 

 and there is also an entire mountain of this kind 

 near Antiquera. Fawn-colour, powdered with 

 grey, Cortegana. Dull red, with black capillary 

 veins, Valencia. Near Morviedro there is a hill 

 of black marble, veined with white, which gradu- 

 ally passes into a yellow, blue, and red bricia, at 

 the summit. Red, yellow, and white, of Molina. 

 Red, veined -with grey, from Guipuscoa. The 



* The French call such a marble Tigrf, ifc should be Leopard^. 

 The tiger is barred, the leopard spotted. 



f Griottc seems originally to imply a large deep red cherry. The 

 round dark spots might occasion the name. 



