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thereabouts. Thefe little pieces of glimmer made 

 the ground fparkle, when the fun fhone upon it. 



ALMOST all the houfes hereabouts were built 

 either of ftone or bricks : but thofe of ftone were 

 more numerous. German f own, which is about 

 two EngKJh miles long, had no other houfes, and 

 the country houfes thereabouts were all built of 

 ftone. But there are feveral varieties of that ftone 

 which is commonly made ufe of in building. 

 Sometimes it confifted of a black or grey glim- 

 mer, running in undulated veins, the fpaces be- 

 tween their bendings being filled up with a grey, 

 loofe, fmall-graincd limeftone, which was eafily 

 friable. Some tranfparent particles of quartz 

 were fcattered in the mafs, of which the glim- 

 mer made the greateft part. It was very eafy to 

 be cut, and with proper tools could readily be 

 fliaped into any form. Sometimes however the 

 pieces confifted of a black, fmall-grained glim- 

 mer, a white fmall-grained fandftone, and forne 

 particles of quartz, and the feveral conftitutent 

 parts were well mixed together ; and fometimes 

 the ftone had broad ftripes of the white limeftone 

 without any addition of glimmer, but moft com- 

 monly they were much blended together, and of 

 a grey colour. Sometimes this ftone was found 

 to confift of quite fine and black pieces of glim- 

 mer, and a grey, loofe, and very fmall-grained 

 limeftone. This was likewife very eafy to be 

 cut, being loofe. 



THESE varieties of the ftone are commonly 

 found clofe together. They were every where 

 to be met with, at a little depth, but not in equal 

 quantity and goodnefs, and not always eafy to 



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