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timbers of various Kinds : This is a 

 yellow Subftance, more or lefs tranfparent, 

 of a gummous Confiflence, a refinous 

 Tafle, and a Smell like Turpentine ^ 

 when i-ubbed fo as to be warm, it attradls 

 light Bodies, as Straws, and yields a 

 Kind of Light in the Dark : it ferves for 

 many Ufes, being often manufadlured 

 into Heads of Canes, Toys, Cups, i^c. 

 It is found in the greateft Plenty on the 

 Bahick Sea, along the Coafls of Prujfta^ 

 and fome other Parts of Europe. Diffe- 

 rent Subflances are often found enclofcd 

 in the Maffes of Amber, but more par- 

 ticularly Infedls which proves that it was 

 once in a fluid State, but afterwards har- 

 dened by the Operation of the Air, Cffc. 

 on it \ the Specimens of Amber, that 

 have any Thing enclofed in them being 

 valuable, has occafioned its being often 

 imitated by Artifts, but the Fraud is eafily 

 difcovered on a proper Infpe6lion. 



Bitumens, Jets, and Coals, (fmooth 

 pitchy black Stones) muft here be no- 

 ticed ; 



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