1^6 Of Animal Bodies fetrifyd. Part III. 
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Beads and Men, in Flints. Sept alius hath a Head in Mar- 
a)Q{Gcms frfa And Mr. Boyle (a) a Pebble with a Serpent (all but 
the Head ) perfe&ly (hap d, and coyl'd up in it. All thefe 
( except perhaps the laft ) are either femblances on a Plain, 
or at leait in folid Stones. But this here is hollow, and 
was fo found in the JjlandSea. About five inches long 5 
now fplit into two halfs, like thofe of a cafting Mould. 
On the infides of winch, are fairly imprefs'd the form of 
the Spine, with the Ribs, Fins, and Tail, of a Fi(h. With- 
out, a long Plate of the fame fubftance, grows to each 
fide 3 and others crofs to thefe : as if to the Mould of the 
Fifti, were alfo added that of its Funeral Cloaths. 
This Stone, for confidence , is like that called Saxum 
Limofum, foft, inequal, and unpolifliable. Of a blewilh 
hue, like that of Tobacco-Pipe Clay, with fome very fmall 
gloffy Grains intermixed. Not only Spirit of Nitre,, but 
Oil of Vitriol d roped upon it, diffolves it, and is excited 
into a violent EfFervefcence. But the Saxum Limofum ftirs 
not with any Acid. So that it is to be ranked amongft the 
Gypfo-limofa, or Calcilimofa. 
A petrify 'd BONE,taken out of a Gravel-pit in St. James 
Fields, above eight yards deep. 
A Stone like the VERTEBRA of a Fijh. Given by Sir 
Philip Siippon. It may be called SPONDTLITES. 
Part of the SPINE of another Fijh, confiding of feve- 
ral Vertebra. 'Tis hard and ponderous 5 yet dinoluble 
with Acids. It breaks flaky , as the Lapis Judaicus, and 
many others, or with plain and glony fides. 
The TOOTH of a TIGER,growingtoakind of Lime- 
ftone. Tis about as big as that defcnbed in the Firft Part, 
and of the fame fhape and colour. 
A fquare crooked TOOTH, not much unlike that of 
a Bevir. 
A very great DOUBLE TOOTH or GRINDER. Tis 
about five inches long, and two broad 5 twice as big as a 
Sea-Horfe's. The {tumps feem to have been faw'd off. The 
top divided into feveral Points and Ridges, as other double 
Teeth. Of a greyilh colour and glofiy 5 ponderous, and 
hard as a Flint or the hardeft Pebble. 
ANOTHER of the fame fhape, but not an inch long. 
Bejler hath one like this, under the Name of Pfeudocorona 
Anguina. The 
