<p O F S T O N E S. 



and feems to be broken'offa larger mafs ; very heavy. It is alfo 

 a fpecies of the htmachates. From the more of the brook below 



Simon burn 



7. An agate of a flcfli-colour, with numerous fpots of a beau- 

 tiful red, like that of the fineft carnelian ; cordiform. It is the 

 Sardlcates or carnelian agate of the antients (m). It is fraall, 

 and has forne flight flaws, which this kind is very much fubjeft 

 to. From the more of the brook at Simonburn. 



8. An agate of a middle-red colour, variegated with fpots of a 

 bright yellow ; of a flat fliape. It is- the Coral-a.gs.te of the an- 

 tients (n). The variegation is always in the form of fpots of a 

 fair beautiful yellow, on a red ground, of a middle colour, be- 

 tween a deep and a pale red. From the more of the river Coquet, 

 above Rothbury. 



9. An agate of a deep yellow, hardly to be diftinguifhed at a 

 yard's diitance, in its rough ftate, from the finer yellow wax. 

 It is of a firm and compact texture, and capable of an elegant 

 polilh. It is the Cerachates, or wax-coloured agate of the an- 

 tients (o). From the more of the river Tweed. I have had it alfo 

 from the fhore of North Tyne. I have a large and elegant fpecies 

 of it from the fame more, below Chollerford-bridge, of a pale yel- 

 low ground, clouded with its natural colour, a flrong yellow. 



Grey agates, both with and without concentric veins, are 

 found on the mores of the Tweed and Boivmont, and the neigh- 



(m) Achates carneus pun&atus et nebulofus : Sardachates antiquorum; Hill. Hift. Fofl". 

 p. 483. No. 3. 



(n) Corallo-achates antiquorum. Id. p. 484. N. 4. 



(o) Achates flavefcens : Cerachates antiquorum. Id. p. 485. No. i. 



bouring 



