MODE II. KONITE. 43 1 



Petworth marble is even singular, as the shells, 

 which are very small, seem changed as it were 

 into drops of spar and marble; and the prevail- 

 ing tints are a faint green and reddish brown ; 

 while in the Purbeck the tints are a bluish grey 

 or ash, and a dull yellow or fawn colour; and 

 the shells are marked by little black lines. These 

 pillars of Petworth marble adorn the cathedrals 

 of Canterbury and Salisbury, the Abbey Church 

 of Westminster, and that of St. A 1 ban's ; not to 

 mention the Temple church, and Great St. He- 

 len's, in London ; and probably many others 

 might be noted. The contrast of this beautiful 

 marble with the konite of the rest of the edifice 

 must have been striking and magnificent; but 

 at present all is equally covered with a white or 

 yellowish wash, so as to recall the memory of 

 the whited sepulchre, applied in scripture to a 

 hypocrite; while the walls ought only to be 

 cleaned, and the pillars polished anew, as in 

 some sacred edifices of the Continent. 



At present the most remarkable konite used Portland 

 in the southern parts of England is that of Port- 

 land, which is thus described by Dr. Wood- 

 ward: 



" Stone out of the great quarry of Portland, 

 of a pale or whitish colour, composed of nu- 

 merous small roundish grains, not unlike the 



