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THE GEOLOGIST. 



quo totam terram obrutarn oninesque ejus excelsos montes aquis opertos 

 fuisse, ex paginis sacris edocemur, Gen. vii. v. xix., derivando. 



" § V. Priori classi assignamus omnia ac singula ilia corpora fossilia, quae 

 varias figuras, ut formicae, scarabei, pavonis, piscium aliorumque animalium 

 superficietenus tan turn nobis exhibent, quod quidem frequentissime in 

 lapidibus observari suo jam tempore doeuit Plinius, H. N. 1. 37. Pree- 

 primis huic negotio parere videntur Athanasio Kirchero Marmor, Jaspis 

 et Achates. Memorabile sane est quod de Achate refert Plinius, 1. c, quod 

 videlicet Pyrrhoni Begi fuerit Achates, cui natura insculpserit Apoilinem 

 cum Cythara stipantibus novem Musis, certo Macularum ducta ita depictis 

 ut simul instrumentum cujusvis Musse emergeret. Yide Disput. M. Jo. 

 Jacobi Lungershausen Jenae habita d.e Imitamentis natura? circa figuras, 

 plura eaque egregia Achatis phenomena exhibens. 



" § VI. Marmora quoque elegantissime esse colorata variasque Pliantasise 

 nostras obtrudere figuras, videre licet in variis speciminibus quae passim ad 

 curiosos transmittentur, et adeo copiose quidem in vicino nobis Principatu 

 Idsteinensi eruuntur, ut illic sedes sacras et profanas iisdem a pavimento ad 

 verticem usque splendescant. Minime vero his cedunt, sive frequenter in 

 illis spectemus occurrentem elegantissimam picturam, sive uoerrimum 

 varie coloratum marmorum proventum, ilia specimina quae nuper nobis a 

 singulari quodam amico ex Principatu Dizensi communicate sunt, et ex 

 quibus Lectoris admiratione praaprimis digna indicamus tria ilia que fig. 1, 

 2, et 3, graphice et ad vivum delineata exhibent. Ex quibus fig. 1, in- 

 tegrum caput humanum cum aliis corporis humani parti bus hand inele- 

 ganter reprsesentat, fig. 2, caput Ululje, et fig. 3, Tabulas Eegionum miro 

 sane Nattier artificio sistit. Cum tertio non incongrue fortassis con- 

 ferendum quod D. D. Behrens nobis describit in Hercynia sua curiosa, p. 

 134, tit. xiii., 'Von dem Steinbruch der Land-Karten-Stein genant,' hunc 

 in modum : ' Dieser Steinbruch ist nahebei denen uns benachbarten in den 

 Hoch-Grafnichen Stollbergischen Amt Hohestein oder Neustadt gelegenen 

 Dorfern Petersdorflf und Pudiges- oder Hiddiges-Dorff genant an zutrefFeri, 

 und hat den 1ST amen daher bekommen, weilen die Adern dieses Steines in 

 grossen Stiicken, wie die Pliisse in denen Land-Xarten ein Ansehen 

 haben.'" 



We really seem to have the record of a true fossil, although the 

 » statement is mixed up with the wonderful tales of Agricola and Al- 

 binus, in the ' Piscium et Querelse et Vindiciaa, exposita? a Johajstne 

 Jacopo Sciieuchzeiio, Med. D. Acad. Leopoldin. et Soc Eeg. An- 

 glicaa ac PrussicaB Membro,' pp. 14, 16. — Tiguri, 1708. iSee figure in 

 plate ii. (copied in PL XXII. Fig. 2, nobis). 



We had rather, however, the Doctor should speak for himself. 



" Behold also, a tail of a bird, or a remige-feather, in the fissile 

 stone of Oenirigen, the only specimen hitherto known of the remains 

 of the winged kingdom except the gallinaceous bird quoted by A gricola 

 in his Foss. 4. x. p. 371, in concurrence with the image of a bearded 

 lloman Pontiff, wearing on his head the triple crown ; the existence of 

 which latter is however questionable, the more so, as in the public Re- 

 cords of Eisleben no mention is made about it, according to CI. Don. 

 G-othofr. Mylii Memorab. Saxon. Subterr. p. 5 ; yet it must have 

 been so, as the stone not long after the Reformation, about the year 

 1539, was presented, first to Luther, and then to Francis I., King of 



