456 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO I67O. 



An English mile from Freistat in Hungary northward, is a quarry of stone, 

 out of which many large stones are dug, transparent, and resembling sugar- 

 candy. 



At Banka, two Hungarian miles from Freistat northward, is a quarry of white 

 stone, next the hot baths of that place ; over which is a layer of chalk, of about 

 a yard thick, very beautiful to the eye, as being of all colours, except green ; 

 so finely mixed, streaked, and shaded, that it surpasses marble- paper; and the 

 water dropping upon it varnishes it over. 



At Schemnitz in Hungary, famous for silver mines, is a high perpendicular 

 rock, part of which from the top to the bottom, is naturally tinctured with a 

 shining fair blue and green:: And I have heard from a Spaniard, who lived long 

 in the West Indies, that there is also a rock like this, near the silver mines in 

 Pern. 



The mountain of Clissura, being a part of mount Hasmus, as also mount 

 Pyrlipe, shine like silver, and day and night, either by the light of the sun or 

 moon, afford a pleasant glittering show, caused by the great quantity of Mus- 

 covy-glass, wherewith these hills abound. There are also talc rocks over 

 Spital in Upper Carinthia, as I have been informed by M. Donellan, who resides 

 there. I am unwilling to omit a hill nigh, Sarvizza, two days journey on this 

 side Larissa, which consists of an earth of a fine red colour, out of which the 

 red earthen vessels of that country are made ; as also the great number of 

 acidulae nigh Transchin in Hungary, there being 32 plentiful springs of them; 

 likewise a hot bath nigh Bellacherqua in Bulgaria, it being situated far from 

 any habitation, yet well built by the Turks, and very refreshing to travellers. 

 It has a red sediment, and makes a gray stone. 



An Account of some Books. N" 59, p- 1051 . 



I. Cosmopoeia Divina, seu Fabrica Mundi explicata, per Ludov. de Beaufort, 

 Parisinum Med. Doct. Lugd. Batav. l656, in 12mo. 



This author professes his aversion from devising any other system of the 

 world, than that which is described by Moses ; and employs his labours and 

 endeavours to adjust and accommodate all the phaenomena of nature to the mind 

 of that divine writer. 



II. Cartesius Mosaizans, Auth. Joh. Amerpoel. Leowardiae, 1669, in 12mo. 

 The design of this author is to prove, that the philosophy delivered by the 



famous Descartes well agrees, at least not disagrees, with the History of the 

 Creation, recorded by Moses. A design which that eminent philosopher 

 entertained himself, and would have set upon, if death had not prevented him. 



