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little time, it will aflimilate the Rods into its own natuffo 
*Tis generally concluded^ that Fifh will die inthofe Wa-« 
tGYSwhexdnioMu^fdick iscdifi: and they commonly impute 
the death of fome of their Neighbours to their drinking of 
When they burn ir, to feparate it from t he T;^;^/;, there pro- 
ceeds from it a ftench very lothfom and dangerous. 
Befides the fore- mentioned Stones^ See. found in Tim 
Mities , and incorporated with the TiP^^ ; there occurs a 
Sparr mxcd alfo with this Metal, as it is commonly with 
Lead and Copper. 
This appears frequently of a (hiny whitifh fubftance; 
(and therefore called, by fome^ Mtrcury) and cafteth a 
white froth upon the Water in wa/hing it* When firft taken 
out of the Earth 'tis fofc and fattifh, but foon after grows 
fomewhat hard. Is (eldom found growing,but only flicking 
to the Metal The Miners call it White Sparr ; and fome of 
them think it is the Mother or Nouriflier of the Mera!. 
But*tis certain, tbac Sparr is often met with in Moorifh 
grounds, where they never hope to find any Oie. Yet no 
tif$^ Mines are without it. 
The Cornifh Diamonds ca!l*d, lie intermix'd wiih the 
Ore, and fometimes on heaps • feme whereof arebigenough 
to have a Coat of Arms engraven on them and are hard 
enough to cue Glafs. Some of chem are of a tranfparent 
Red, and have the luftre cf a deep Kuby. Thefe Diamonds 
feem to me to be but a finer^ purer,and harder fore of Sparry 
for they [are both found together, as on Sc. Vincenti Rocks 
near BriJtoU. 
Godolphin Ball is the mofl famous of all the Balls or Mines 
in Cornwall , for the quantity of Metal. Though fome of 
late years pretend another Mine (which fome call the Silver 
Mine, others, the LeadMvat^ more rich than that* And 
about twelve years fince, I faw an AflTay made of fome of 
that Ore, as *twas Paid, brought from thence ; whereof ten 
pound weight yielded two ounces and quarter of fine 
Silver. 
The Agents keep the Countrey in great ignorance con- 
cerning this Mine^ But the difference of other Mines^ 
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