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SIR, 
^~IT"His laft Figure is of anOifter-flieil , the like is to 
1 be found m the Weft indies, whether the fame fpe- 
cies I cannot determine, having never feen them intire 
together to compare them. But Sir, confidering the 
hint that is here given us, of its being thought Medicinal 
atGoa where it is found and alfo ho w that calcined Shells 
are the mod common entertainment all over the Indies, 
chiewing them all day long with the Leaves of a certain 
hot piperate and fpicy Plant and a fort of Nut mixt there- 
with : we may reafbnably fufpedt the Goa Stone *o be 
made up of them, or fuch like Ingredients. 
Tours, &c. 
VI. A Paper of Mr. Flowers, containing fome 
unknown Ancient CharaSters, with Remark/ 
thereon by Francis Afton Efq\ S. R. & 
THefe Characters being Two and Twenty in Numb- 
er, are all that could be diftin&ly Colleded out 
ot the Ancient Sculptures, to be found this day extant - 
at the admired Hills of Canary ; where there are divers 
receptacles cut out of the main Rock, by incredible In- 
duftry and Charge of the Ancient Inhabitants of thofe 
Parts fuppofed Moors or Negroes of Ethiopia rather than 
Gentues; by reafon oF the large proportion of their ufual 
Statures, which is at lead Eight Foot in heighth, having 
great Lips, full Eyes, flat Nofe and curled Hair, and is 
worthy the Obfervation.Sofar Mr. Flower Feb. 3. i6y\ m 
