( tyo ) 
Tail , the Pttuo^ cdmpi ^ and Snow Worms- 
' Serpents xb^rQ are, no doubt> bntthe Author taKCS pains 
to prove the exiftence of Dragons, with Feet, and without 
Feer5Wing*d, and without Wings, as big as a May-pole, 
but the Authorities areeither old Hiftories, or Stories at 
%e fecond hand, with few Circumftances. 
'^■fik^ ^he fifth Se^ltoti he ^peaks of the Trees &c. As the 
white and red Fir-tree f from the colour of their Bark) 
thefe are the moft natural to the Soil, one of which he 
fays grew to the heighth ofi6oleet, and 24 feet in the 
Gircumfcrence, the Pmafkrytht Pinus Montana tertia^ C B^ 
the LarcL^ree^ out of which comes the Venice Turpentine, 
and upon the f ruiick whereof grows the Jgarich^ 
Here is fubjoyiied an Alphebetical Catalogue of the 
pf the chief of the Alpine Plants, which are growing in 
and- other places. ^ ~ ? \s.^ h-jdi 16 
"f he Sixth SeUton is eoncermng/^/i^j- • where there is a 
large Catalogue of the lefs pretious Stones, but among the 
Stones of value are reckoned tJhe Amethift, the Carbuncle, 
Griftal, which is denied to be made out of /t:^ or Snom.'_ ■ 
In enumerating th^ I/^z^^ N^^iz^m its left doubcfuFwhe-- 
ther the fquare Stone Dice found about S^^Mre natural 
or not. But the natural Vms faid to be found neer Geneva 
and other places, arepcfiiively affirnedto have been taken 
up full of Bones and Ajhes, 
Among (^i^/^^^r^^^^ /z/te is reckon' d; ^dpbur Vivum,2.Vid 
jlores Sulphuris l^ativtimxiA at the Baths, rand a true l^itre 
taken from the Decoftion of the fountain ofscolijox Scul- 
tint. ^ ■ ■ -^-^.r::-- . - 
Golden Sands are found in the River ^hinti tht Emma's 
Vrtenay Vr[^, Arda^ a n d ^ Addim^ ) Mi aes : of Silver have 
been difcovered' in fev^rat^placesi but the digging them 
has not furiied to profit. There are alfo Mines of Lead 
and Copper but not To plentiful aschofeof Ironand steel. 
Tho Ships do notufe to appear under this head,yet the Au- 
thor here relates the famous Story of a Ship found i jo 
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