Chap.XXIV. Malabar and Coromandel. 
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* Apoc. 
22. 20, 
Exod. 28, 
17, 20. 
Tk Sar- 
donick. 
Amber. 
Granate, 
and fach like 
in Colour to 
forts, the /«- 
are very red 
The Sar- The Sard'vs has got its Name from Sar- 
dinia^ where it is frequently found, as 
well as in Elnnis. There are three feve- 
V . ral kinds, and were by the Antients dif- 
tinguifh'd into the Male and Female. 
That the Sardvs is different from the Sar- 
donic, is evident out of the Holy Scrip- 
ture*. 
The Sardontck, called SofpAoiu^ by the 
GreeJii^ has got its Name from Sarda and 
Onyx, or its referablance to a human Na- 
vel. 
The Achat, The Achat is found about Suratte, but 
is of no great value, unlefs it be curiouf- 
ly chequered with Figures. 
Arnbsr called Succinim by the Latins, 
^'-HAenT^oi'by the Greds, and j^lambre by 
tbQ Portu^uefes, is a kind of a Gum or ro- 
finous Subftance, found near Koningsberg^ 
and fome other Places in Pruffia ; in great 
efteem among the Japonefes and IhQ Indi- 
ans in generaf It is often chequered with 
various Figures, and has the virtue of 
attradling Straw, Paper, 
light Matters. 
The Granate refembles 
the Coral. There are two 
dian and Spanifh, the laft; 
and bright ; thofe found in Ethiopia are 
fcarce to be diftinguifhed from the Hya- 
cinth, except that their Luftre is fome- 
what lefs than that of theHyaeinth. 
T he Stone called Olhos de Gatos, i. c 
Cats-eyes^ by the Portugtiefes, is in much 
greater ellcem among the Indians than 
the Ponugncfes ; who are of Opinion, 
that if you rub Linen-Cloth with them, 
it will be fire- proof ; but this I have found 
contrary to Truth by ray own experi- 
ence. 
ThQ Hematites or Bloodftone ('Ai/xofi- 
TMS by the Greeks) has got its Name from 
its dark red Colour, and its virtue in 
quenching of Blood. It is found in New. 
Spain, and reputed by them a kind oijaf- 
^per; the Indians make Beads of them, 
and wear them about their Necks : They 
alfo lay them in Water, and afterwards 
hold them clofe in their Hands, and look 
upon this as an excellent Remedy to ftop 
the fuperfluous Monthly times of the 
Women, or any other Flux of Blood. 
This Stone is alfo found in Ceylon and 
Cambaja, where it is called Silahnea, 
Kidney= The Nephrit'vs or Kidneyftone^ has got 
ftone. its Name from the word Ntcppos, i. e. a 
Kidney, becaufe it is worn by the Indians 
againft the Pain of the Kidneys, and 
therefore in great efteeni atnong them. 
It is found in New.Spain^ and the greener 
it is, the better it is. 
Hartftone, The NaturaUft§ Eell us, that the Stag, 
Vol llh 
YiS. 
Blood- 
ftone. 
when tormented in his Bowels by certain 
poifonous Worms, runs up to 'the Neck in 
Water, at which time the (limy Tears 
which adhere to the Corners of his Eyes 
are coagulated to the bignefs of a Wail- 
nut, which thence have got the Name of 
Hartfioncs ; which taken in Wine, are 
look'd upon as a Sovereign Antidote a- 
gainft all manner of Poilbns and Infedti- 
ons. 
Tht Scrpentftonc is found in Vac Indies, 
of a dark brown Colour, wich a white 
Spot like an Eye in the middle. Some 
will have them to grow in the Heads of 
the Serpents ; others are of opinion, that 
the Water-Serpent hung up by the Tail, 
with her Head hanging downwards, fo 
near to a V^ellel full of Water, that (he 
may lick it, does fpew out this Stone, 
which tied to the Belly, is accounted an 
excellent Remedy againfl the Dropfy, 
The Spaniards call this Stone Piedro della 
Cobra, and the Portuguef s Pedra de Cobra, 
being commonly of the bignefs of a 
Shilling, lefs or more. Ths truQ Scrpent- 
Jlone is found in that kind of Serpents, 
c^Wd. Cobra deCabelo by the Portuguejes^ 
and Serpens Pilofus by the Latinifts, being 
the molt virulent of all Serpents. They 
try the Goodnefs of this Stone, by put- 
ting it into fair Water, which if it bub- 
bles, it is accounted true ; another Trial 
is, when it flicks clofe to the Lips, or to 
the Wound, unto which it will adhere 
nil it has drawn out all the Poifon, when 
it falls off like a Leech, and is thrown in- 
to Milk : Of this I fa^v the effed my 
felf with good Succefs in a Negro Slave 
Hung by a Serpent, belonging to our 
Head Fador at Jafnapatnam, Sir Jorephcvs 
f^ofch. The Brahmans make a certain 
Compofition (which they keep very fe- 
cret) in imitation of the natural Serpent" 
flone, the chief Ingredients whereof are 
fuppos'd to be the Head, Heart, Liver 
and Teeth mix'd with the Terra figiUata. 
Concerning the true Virtues of the Ser- 
pent-ftones, you may confult Michael 
Boimm'^, z.ndi Athanafm Kircher '\\ 
The Stone called Pedra de Porco, i. e. 
Hogs-ftone, by the Portuguefes, grows in 
the re(ica Bilearea of the Hogs about Ma- 
lacca. It is of a ruddy Colour, and 
fometimes grey, greezy or oily at the 
touch like Venice-foap, and of a bitterifh 
Taft. When they will ufe this Stone, they 
put it in Water, till it acquires a bitter- 
ifh Tail, and fo give the Water to the 
Patient, for the cure of Peftilential and 
other Fevers. They are highly efteemed 
in the Indies. 
Baldaus^ 
Thi Ser- 
pencftone. 
A Compo- 
fition of 
the Ser- 
pentftonco 
In Flora 
Chinenfi. 
t Lib. 9. 
Mundi 
fubcerran. 
Hogs- 
ftone. 
Q.qqq 
The 
