2^6 Phyfical mid Mifcellaneous 



Spars. Cawk 311(1 figuixd spars ; are the neareft Approaches,that the mi- 

 neral Juices of this Climate can make, towards the Topaz and 

 the Diamond. 



The Earths. Neither have I had the good Fortune to meet with a Num- 

 ber or Variety of the Foffils of other Clafles. Thofe that are 

 not primitively fuch, but owe their Origine to the Deluge, (fuch 

 as are Foflil Shells, Sea Urchins, Corals &c.) will be enume- 

 rated in a particular Catalogue. Of the proper Foffils there- 

 fore ; befides the common Mould or Soil that hath been al- 



PotterT' ready treated of, there are two or three Kinds of Pipe and Pot- 



^^^^' ters Clay, the former of which generally burns red. Cimolia 



Fuller's likcwife or Fuller's Earth, is dug in great Abundance ; where. 



soIpEarLh. uuto we may joyn the Steatites , or Soap Earth3 that is in 

 great Efteem in the Bagnios for the cleanfmg ' and foftning of 



Lac Luns. the Skiu. Steinomarga or Lac Lurne, which Xh^Arahs fome- 

 times make ufe of in theftaunching of Blood, lyeth ufually in 

 the Sutures of fome laminous Rocks in the Sahara : whilft a 



umbrc , coarfe Sort of Umhre and Ochre, with a hard Species οϊ Alma- 



Ochre, Al- η -t λ γ λ • λ »-n ίί 



magraci^r. ^γ^ ρΓ Sfanipj Bolc , morc frequently occur m the Tell. 

 The Mine- The Minerals that I have difcovered, are itill fewer in Num- 

 "^^" ber than the Earths; among which we may reckon a few Spe- 



Talk. cies oiTalk, and the Gold and Silver-like JV/ic/e abovemention- 

 ^'^"^' ed. Some of the latter are found in great Quantities : and 

 when they occur without any Mixture or Alloy of Talkj or 

 Selenitical Suhd:ancc , they are ufed, inftead of Sand, for the 

 abforbing of Ink, by the Hojias or Writers of this Country. 

 In pounding the Gyfjum, we often meet with a Number of 

 fmall Gold-likeiVo<^2//e'i, not unlike, in Figure, theRegularBodics 

 (as they are called) of the Mathematicians. But the Gold and Sil- 

 ver-like Marcafttes or T^rites of Zihhafs , Ellou-leejah and 

 Pyrites. Medea, are in no regular Form, being fometimes globular ; 

 fometimes in the Shape of the Mefentery, Kidney or fuch like 

 Figures, as they ufually aiTume in other Places. I have 

 Black Lead, a good Specimen of the NigricaFabrilis or Black Lead, which 

 was taken up under the Walls of Gibraltar, and fuppofed to 

 have been brought thither,from the5^r^^y7Coaft ,by theCurrent. 

 TheO^nand Lcad aud Iron are the only Metals that have been hitherto 

 {fo^^^'• difcovered. The latter is white and good, though in no great 

 Quantity, being dug and forged by the Kahyles of the moun- 



I Of this Kind probably and for this LTfe, were the two MhUs Burthen of Earth. 2 Kings j . i j . 



tainous 



