6 TRAVELS THROUGH 



At Votjlrberg, five or fix leagues diflant 

 Feiftriz, are coal mines ; but there are better ones 

 at Luim in Upper-Sieyer, ten miles further. 



The river Moor accompanied me in my road 

 from Kriglocb to Merzhofeft, Brugg, Radelftein, 

 Pegau, Graetz, and flill further. The valley, 

 wherein it runs, feems to have been excavated by 

 its violently breaking through the adjacent calca- 

 reous hills, or by their fucceflive corrofion. 



At Graetz I examined a fine collection of natu- 

 ral curiofities in the college of Jefuits. It is richly 

 provided with Minerals and Infects. The acquaint- 

 ance of P. Riwaldy a good botanift, was very 

 agreeable to me. 



Between Ernhaufen and Marburg I defcended on 

 the Hoping of a high grey-limeftone hill. The 

 detached flones on and near the road contained 

 fome marks of petrified (hells, and nodules of black 

 limeftone. The following valley continued beyond 

 Marburg and Faiftriz, which place is different 

 from the above Fciftriz near Pegau. All along 

 this valley there was no limeftone to be feen ; but 

 the bare places and the detached ftones heaped on 

 both fides of the road {hewed a blackifii and blueifh 

 flate, together with a horn-flate compofed of 

 quartz and glimmer. 



On this fide of Faiflriz I afccnded again, and 

 found at the fummit of the hill the grey limeftone 

 continuing. It contained fome, though but few, 

 jea-fhells, as oftracites, pectiniles, and the like. It 



was 



