DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



variety of their colours, and the vivacity of their 

 polish, are infinitely agreeable to the eye."* 



BrarcTs account is as followsf : cc The pud- 

 ding-stone of England is composed of little peb- 

 bles round, oval, or elliptic, of the size of an 

 olive, brown, grey, or yellow, imbedded in a 

 cement of a grey, or of a chamois colour. 



" This pudding-stone, which is highly esteem- 

 ed in jewellery, is found in rolled fragments in 

 certain rivers in Scotland. 



" Although the pebbles, and still less the ce- 

 ment of this pudding, be not of a very fine 

 paste, it nevertheless takes a most beautiful po- 

 lish. It is wrought in many works of decora- 

 tion ; but is not fit for small jewellery, such as 

 earrings, necklaces, &c. It is used with more 

 advantage in making boxes, socles, handles of 

 knives, etuis, &c." 



He then proceeds to describe the pudding of 

 Chantilly, which consists of far larger pebbles, 

 of a deep yellow, bordered with a bluish black, 

 in a cement of quartzose sandstone. A finer 

 kind is found near Chartres, in the department 

 of the Eure and Loire, composed of very small 



iii. 350. 



f Traite des pierres precieuses, i. 122. Prais 1808, 2 vls. 8vo, 



