DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



ding-stone of England, as shall presently be 

 shown. 



Brard is also mistaken when he asserts that 

 the paste is not fine ; for, in the choicest speci- 

 mens, it is of surprising fineness and delicacy. 

 Koiianite It would appear that this beautiful stone is 



peculiar to . TTT n i 



England, quite unknown m other regions. W alien us has 

 described it as a rock, composed of various flints, 

 and England is the only country he mentions* ; 

 for those of Rennes, in Normandy, are, as Patrin 

 has shown, only spotted jaspers. Gmelin, in 

 the last edition of Linnaeus, has described pud- 

 ding-stone as consisting of fragments of petro- 

 silex (hornstein) and quartz, cemented by jas- 

 per. He says that it is found in England, and 

 also upon the Rhine and in Bohemia, assuming 

 an exquisite polish, being variegated, but the 

 jaspfr generally of a brownish red ; and is used 

 for vases, and various kinds of ornaments. His 

 description may apply to that of the Rhine, as 

 containing kernels of reddish brown jasper, and 

 that of Bohemia; but is quite foreign to the 

 English pudding-stone. 



Mr. Kirwan, disgusted with the vulgar name 

 of pudding-stone, derived from the resemblance 



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