28 TRAVELS THROUGH 



like indurated ftratum, from the ifland of 

 Cherfo *. Of thefe, P. Fortis has given an ac- 

 count in the abovementioned treatife. But what 

 leemed more flrange to me was, to meet here 

 with a yellow zeolite, froi. Scbio and from Tret to. 

 It is the very fame fpecies wi. h we have in our 

 gold mines at Edelfors in Sweden. You mail have 

 your mare of all the double fpecimens of foflils 

 which I gather in Italy ; but do me the favour to 

 fend directly to Mr. Arduini fome pieces of the 

 fingular gold- ore from Nagyag, and of the gold 

 pyrite^ from Faccbay. 



Mr. Francefco Pataroli is a great friend of bo- 

 tany. Accordingly he has a convenient garden 

 and library. I can fay the fame of Dr. Se/Ier, a, 

 German phyfician ; and of Mr. Pelegrino Gozzi, an 

 apothecary. Thefe botanical acquaintances give 

 me an opportunity to tell you, that, withMr.A&r- 

 Jik's- permifTion, I have lately reaped in the bota- 

 nical garden at Padua a fine crop of rare plants. 

 Several of the duplicates are for your Herbary. 

 Pity it was that autumn had left but few in 

 flower. But I hope to make up for this next 

 fummer. I have been feveral times botanizing at 

 Lido. This is the next place in the Venetian 

 Terra firma* Many fcarce plants are there natural 



* Specimens of thefe Cherfo bones have been preferred to 

 the Sritifh Mufeum. 



inhabi- 



