vidg leflcr briaoches deduc^^^^ greatefjaod that with* 
out order. Some have but few braDches on a Piece 5 others I 
find fo thick of branchesj that they rcfemble a ragged Staff, 
Thefe BfamherarG deep iaferred wichia the ftemm , and by 
beiag feparated, leave great holes in the fides of it*Thcrayes 
io the joyots of the branches run crofs to the rayes of the 
fterom^ Oo thick flemms are^ fometimes very fraall branchc.% 
but dioftly the bi^er the fl^tnsn , the thicker the branches. 
Some of thefe branches arc branched again : Yet I find not a» 
i)y of them above one iachi^tire, and yet adhering and infer- 
ted into its (tock ot bole , a^d for the mofi part not above a 
|oynt or two.Thc Branches ar<b known from the ftemm^by be- 
ing a little crooked and fotntthiDg tapering or Conic. 
Wc meet with but few Pieces (befidcs the branches) that 
arc not ex3<9:ly Cylindrical, fettiog afide the injuries above 
mentioned, that is, that are not as thick at one end as at the o- 
ther, and perfcftly round, notwithftaoding that we faid^that 
there arc of themof all degrees of magnitude within the pro- 
portions above-named. 
And^as wefaid, it is rare to meet with a Piece, that is not 
cxa<aiy cy lindrical^ fo ambngft thofe few that are not {6y(ome 
we find tapering at both Ends, and much fwelled in the mid* 
die. And this is the other ^p^rie/ of this Stone, according to 
the divilion of Agricola : Entrochi du^funt Species 5 ant enifH ee- 
qualiter teres efi '^ ant teres quidem^ fed pars ejns media iumet^ 
Htrumqne caput angufiius eSi. But this muft not be underftood , 
as though both ends were compleat ^ for, thefe arc but bro- 
ken Pieces5as the rcfl, more fwelled in the middle. 
Others there are figured like a kind of Fruit, or Lapis Jh- 
daicHs 5 but thefe alfo are truly Entrochi^ and arc joynted not- 
tvithftandiog this Chape. Upon a fmall Stalk of two or three 
joynts is fuddainly raifed an Oval bottom, broken offalfo at 
hotheads. , 
To thefe we fhall add what fectns to have been (ummttaies 
or fSigia 5 long and flender Pieces with a Iktle jointed but- 
tOD,hollowonihevery top; which top feetiis not^tave 
been divided or broken off from any thing e!fe. 
\ muft notforgetjthat as they are hollow in the m^ddle(and 
foit waseafv to ftringtbem X\\tkad$, which gave occafion 
