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There are feveral coral- manufactories at Leg- 

 horn. The red corals fifhed near Sardinia are 

 ground there to beads and necklaces. They are 

 belonging to fome fubftantial Jews, and have been 

 exactly defcribed in the Giornak d' Italia. This trade 

 demands a great flock, and is carried on chiefly 

 with the Indies, Turkey, and Barbary. Some of 

 thefe beads and ornaments are fold in Italy and 

 Germany. At Bologna, the girls wear commonly 

 red coral necklaces. 



Dr. Giovanni Gentili, phyfician to the Offitio 

 detta Sanita at Leghorn, has publifhed the follow- 

 ing works : Offervazioni fopra i terremoti ultima' 

 mente accaduti a Livorno. Firenze, 1742, 410. 

 Annotazioni fopra il commerzio del oglio. Firenze, 

 1754, 410. Sitologia feu de -plant is f rumen to fucce- 

 daneis. 



The French Encyclopedic is printed at Leg- 

 horn, and is a fine edition, with Supplements 

 and Notes. This edition is carefully fuperintended 

 by the learned Abbe Serafini and Dr. Gonnella. It 

 feems to be fuperior to any other. 



The trade of Leghorn is remarkably extenfive.- 

 Though the neighbouring ifland Elba produce 

 plenty of iron, there is, however, much Ruffian 

 and Swedifh iron, in bars, imported. But the 

 coarfeft Swedifh iron goes by Leghorn into B ar- 

 il 3 bary j 



