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the primtive Britons that they made their beads and other 
ornaments chiefly of Amber or of Jet, with a few rude glass 
beads, and some ivory; but we do not know that any gems 
have been noticed among them. 
times have ivory, gold and copper, these articles seem distinctly to have be- 
longed to a more polished people by the neatness of their workmanship, 
and were possibly taken in barter from the Gauls or Pheenicians. ‘The 
Amber they made use of is mostly cf a dark and very red colour, perhaps 
from having been long immured in such a situation, being also much cracked, 
like Amber that has been long exposed. Plates of two inches long by 
one inch anda half wide have been sometimes found. Amber is sent to the 
East Indies by the merchants, where it is much valued for its beauty, and its 
supposed quakties as a charm. 
