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Secondly, For the Ufes ; fome ferve for Build- 

 ing, and many Sorts of VeiTels and Utenfils ; for 

 Pillars and Statues, and other carv'd Works in 

 relievo^ for the Temples, Ornament of Palaces, 

 Portico's, Piazza's, Conduits, G?r. as Freeftone 

 and Marble -, fome to burn into Lime , as Chalk 

 and Lime-ftone ; fome , with the Mixture of 

 Beriglia or Kelp^ to make Glafs, as that the Ve- 

 netians call Cuogiilo, and common Flints, which 

 ferve alfo to ftrike Fire 5 fome to cover Houfes, 

 as Slates, fome for marking, as MorochthuSy and 

 the fore-mention'd Chalk, which is a 7nX6^py\^QVy 

 ferving moreover for manuring Land, and fome 

 medicinal Ufes ; fome to make VeiTels of which 

 w^ill endure the Fire, as that found in the Coun- 

 try of Chiavenna near Plurs, To thefe ufeful 

 Stones I might add the Warming-Jlone^ digg'd in 

 Cornwall^ which being once well heated at the 

 Fire, retains its Warmth a great while, and hath 

 been found to give Eafe and Relief in feveral 

 Pains and Difeafes, particularly in that of the in- 

 ternal Haemorrhoids. I might alfo take notice, 

 that. fome Stones are endu'd with an eleSrical 

 or attradical Virtue. " My honoured Friend, 

 " Dr. Tancred Robin/on, in his Manufcript ///- 

 " nerary of Italy ^ relates the many various Fi- 

 *' gures he obferv'd naturally delineated and 

 " drawn on feveral Sorts of Stones digg'd up in 

 ** the Quarries, Caverns and Rocks about Flo- 

 " rence, and other Parts of Italy , not only repre- 

 " fenting Cities, Mountains, Ruins, Clouds, 

 " oriental Charaftera, Rivers, Woods, Animals, 



" but 



