of XFO %T>^S Hl%E. 5P 



more particularly adds, that the matter of this Earth proceeds 

 from the metallick. vapours of filver ore, by fome fermentation 

 raifed and fublimed, and then condenfed on the fides of the 

 Rocks. 



23. Of which, fays Gefner f , there are two forts ; the one 

 groft and gritty, becaufe immature and crude; the other more 

 perfectly concocted, whiter, lighter, and fofter : And of both 

 thefe we alfo find here, but whether indicative of filver ore, as iri 

 the mentioned places by Johan: Daniel Major g , is the great 

 queftion. In anfwer whereunto I cannot but add, that though 

 I fliould be very unwilling, that any Owner, Farmer, or others^ 

 fhould hazard their Fortune upon my weak judgment, without 

 the advice of ancient and experienced Bermen ; yet that at Shot- 

 over, befide Lac Lun<z, there are other Symbols of filver Ore. 



24. Whereof, if any heed may be given to flirty, the Ochre 

 before- mention'd may be accounted one : In argeriti {$ auri me- 

 tallic nafcuntur etiam optima pigmenta Sil ($ cdtruleum ; where by 1 

 Sil he means fuch yellow Ochre, than which, there is no place 

 we know of in the world that has greater plenty, or of equal 

 worth. To which we may add a fort of Iron-floiie, which is not 

 Iron- ore, found peradventurc in as great quantities here, as it is 

 upon the hills near Schemnitz^m Hungary , the greateft Mine- 

 town in that Kingdom : where itfeems it is not only a fign of the 

 Ore, butisalfo of great ufe in melting of it ; whereof faies Dr. 

 Brown, in his Journey thither, that of a liver-colour is counted 

 beft h . Now that we have fuch an Ore, though I dare not pro- 

 mife, yet provided we had in the greateft plenty, the liver-co- 

 lour 'd Iron-flone (I dare fay it) would not fail us. 



25. But if Lac Lun<e alone may be a fufficient Index, and if 

 we are not miftaken in the thing it felfj as I verily think we can- 

 not be, none of the places already mention'd can fhew it hi 

 quantity and goodnefs too, equal to a Quarry in the Parifti of 

 Cornwell, fouth weft and by weft about a hundred yards from the 

 Right worfhipful Sir Thomas Penny (ions houfe ; where it is found 

 fo well concocled, and of fo great purity, that the driven Snow 

 never appeared whiter ; and yet in fo great quantity too, that I 

 cannGt guefs the Mineral, or whatfoever other metal it be, that 



' Defguris Lapidum. tap. 2. * De Latin Luna dijfertath Mtdica. Edit. Annoxdif. h ACCOuntof 

 his Travels, pag. 92. 



H 2 gives 



