ORIGIN OF AMBER. 109 



produced at a high temperature, or by any 

 form or variety of chemical experiment. It 

 would appear probable they were first liquid, 

 and crystallized from that condition. Amber, 

 also, has been considered by some to be a pro- 

 duct of decaying vegetable matter; it is found 

 in abundance on the coast of Prussia, partly in 

 beds of fossil coal, partly on the shore, and at 

 the bottom of the sea, Others suppose it to be 

 simply a fossil resin. 



