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small lines of purple ; and one may be styled 

 agate, or chalcedony, being white delicately 

 tinctured with red and yellow. 



16. Fine red pebbles, in a cement of a darker 

 red. The contrast is not however sufficiently 

 strong; and the lapidaries in this case say, that 

 the pudding has too much wine. 



17. Dark grey and black pebbles, in a cement 

 of a delicate dove-colour. 



18. Brown, yellow, and red pebbles," in a ce- 

 ment of an ash grey, which only admits a dull 

 earthy polish, while the pebbles are of great 

 brightness. 



19. Very small pebbles, of almost every co- 

 lour, in a bright yellow cement. Exquisitely 

 beautiful. 



20. A pebble, about two and a half inches by 

 one and a half, which is not only a pebble but 

 a kollanite, as it contains distinct agatised peb- 

 bles* 



When the original sites of this stone are ex* 

 amined by persons of real skill, it is probable 

 that a vast number of interesting varieties will 

 be discovered. Meanwhile it is hoped the reader 

 will not blame some degree of prolixity concern- 



* Those only are described which are in the author's collection, 

 or which he has himself seen. The rare green probably contains 

 green pebbles in a yellow cement. 



