288 Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History. 



Ludus. 



225. A Lucius like that of Paracolono, and doubtless equal to it, and 

 as good. 



Regular Stones. 



226. Mineral Bozoars, from the uplands. 



227. Clay generated in the form of horse shoes, from the bottom of 

 Connecticut River. (Doubtless clay-stones. — Ens.) 



228. Otites from Martha's Vineyard. 



229. A sort of Otites. (Probably fossil shells.) 



230. Several pieces of eagle stones. 



Precious Stones. 



231. Large granates, as big as nutmegs, c. O and ^ . 



232. Several sorts of granates, and a piece of rock with some gra- 

 nates in it, c. O. 



Crystals. 



234. Pieces of crystal, from an entire hill of it in the inland parts, 



236. Yellow crystals in pointed squares, from the high white rock 

 called Lanthorn Hill. 



Sand. 



237. Amethyst sand flung up by the waters of a spring near Nau- 

 meaug, three miles from the beach, where a large quantity of the same 

 sort is found. 



238. Amethyst sand, from the beach near Pequott, below the har- 

 bour's mouth, containing gold. 



246. A white gritty sand from the side of a large fresh-water pond, 

 used by the English to whet their sythes with it. 



[Nos. 239 to 245 and 247 to 257, white, gray, brown and black sands.] 



Salts. 



258. A sort of nitric earth of a darkish colour, with mineral sparkles 

 in it, brought by young Hyams, the sachem's son, from Shawshawnitte- 

 wange. 



259. Alum stone, up in the country. 



260. A vitriolic earth. 



Sulphurs, ^c. 



262. Sulphur from the inland parts near the great high mountain, 

 Monadnuck. It is apprehended that hereafter, by some accident or 

 other a volcano will break out thereabouts. There is $ earth in many 

 other places of the country, the effects of which may have been the 

 cause of several earthquakes which have happened there. 



263. Coal from a swamp's side. 



264. A sort of jet or coal from the side of a swamp. 



