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quo totam terram obrutam omnesque ejus excelsos montes aquis opertos 
fuisse, ex paginis sacris edocemur, Gen. vii. v. xix., derivando. 
" § V. Priori classi assip^namus omnia ac singula ilia corpora fossilia, quae 
varias figuras, ut formicae, scarabei, pavonis, piscium aliorumque animalium 
superficietenus tantum nobis exliibent, quod quidem frequentissime in 
lapidibus observari suo jam tempore docuit Plinius, H. N. 1. 37. Prae- 
primis huic negotio parere videntur Athanasio Kircbero Marmor, Jaspis 
et Acbates. Memorabile sane est quod de Achate refert Plinius, 1. c, quod 
videlicet Pyrrboni Eegi fuerit Achates, cui natura insculpserit ApoUinem 
cum Cytbara stipantibus novem Musis, certo Macularum ducta ita depictis 
ut simul instrumentum cujusvis Musas emergeret. Yide Disput. M. Jo. 
Jacobi Lungersbausen Jense babita de Imitamentis naturae circa figuras, 
plura eaque egregia Achatis pbaenomena exbibens. 
" § YI. Marmora quoque elegantissime esse colorata variasque Phantasiae 
nostree 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 sacrse et profanae iisdem a pavimento ad 
verticem usque splendescant. Minime vero bis cedunt, sive frequenter in 
illis spectemus occurrentem elegantissimam picturam, sive uberrimum 
varie coloratum marmorum proventum, ilia specimina quae nuper nobis a 
singulari quodam amico ex Principatu Dizensi communicate sunt, et ex 
quibus Lectoris admiratione praeprimis digna indicamus tria ilia que fig. 1, 
2, et 3, grapbice et ad vivum delineata exbibent. Ex quibus fig. 1, in- 
tegrum caput bumanum cum aliis corporis bumani parti bus baud inele- 
ganter repraesentat, fig. 2, caput Ulul^, et fig. 3, Tabulas Eegionum miro 
sane Natuk^ artificio sistit. Cum tertio non incongrue fortassis con- 
ferendum quod D. D. Bebrens nobis describit in Hercynia sua curiosa, p. 
134, tit. xiii., ' Yon dem Steinbrucb der Land-Karten-Stein genant,' bunc 
in modum : ' Dieser Steinbrucb ist nabe bei denen uns benacbbarten in den 
Hocb-Grafflicben Stollbergiscben Amt Hobestein oder Neustadt gelegenen 
Dorfern PetersdorfF und Pudiges- oder Piddiges-Dorff genant anzutreffen, 
und bat den Namen daber bekommen, weilen die Adern dieses Steines in 
grossen Stiicken, wie die Fliisse in denen Land-Karten ein Ansehen 
baben.'" 
We really seem to bave the record of a true fossil, altbougb the 
statement is mixed up with the wonderful tales of Agricola and Al- 
binus, in the ' Piscium et Quereli3D et Yindicise, expositae a Johanne 
Jacopo Scheuchzeeo, Med. D. Acad. Leopoldin. et See. Reg. An- 
glicae ac Prussicse Membro,' pp. 14, 15. — Tiguri, 1708. ISee figure in j 
plate ii. (copied in PI. XXII. Pig. 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 Oeningen, the only specimen hitherto known of the remains 
of the winged kingdom except the gallinaceous bird quoted by Agricola 
in his Foss. 4. x. p. 371, in concurrence with the image of a bearded 
Homan 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. 
Gothofr. 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 Prancis I., King of 
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