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Snow Shoes and Sledges ufed in the 

 Northern Nations of Euri)pe. 



Col LECTIO Sloaniana. 

 The next Room on which I lhall at- 

 tempt to make my curfory Remarks, con- 

 tains a Colledion of Minerals and Foffils. 



SiLicEs. Achates. Sardi. 



In the Cabinet under thefe Titles are 

 many Specimens of Flints, Agates, and 

 Cornelians. 



At the Top are fome large Pieces of 

 Cryftal brought from the Hartz Foreft in 

 Germany^ and other Mines. 



Flints in their natural State are a Kind 

 of femitranfparent Stone, found in almoft 

 all Parts of the World ; they ftrike Fire 

 with Steel, and by intenfe Heat are melted 

 into Glafs : Such of them as are capable 

 of receiving a fine Polilh, and are varie- 

 gated in Colour, (which Variety thefe as 

 well as all other Stones are fuppofed to re- 

 ceive from the influence of fome neigh- 

 bouring 



