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nice, from Ifola d'Elba, the Marmo Polverofo di 

 Piflqja, and other fpecies of that kind. 



In the church di S. Spirito are many columns of 

 the before-mentioned petra ferena; which is a 

 yariety of macigno, and the chief altar is made 

 of Gabbro and Polzevera di Pralo, green and black, 

 or red and black white fpotted. 



In the convent of the Dominicans at S. Marco* 

 and in the hofpital di S. Maria nuova, they make 

 excellent diflilled vegetable oils and eflences; 

 which, together with cedrates and confeded 

 fruits, are in great quantities exported from Leg- 

 horn to the Northern countries. But more of 

 the Florentine curiofities at my return from Na- 

 ples and Rome. 



H LET- 



