354 9f Sulphurs. Part III* 
A Ball of yellow and opacous AMBER. 
A Piece of clear yellow Amber, with a CICADA drowned 
in it. 
A Piece of Citrine Amber, with feveral GNATS im- 
merfed. 
A little Ball of citrine Amber, with an immerfed Em- 
met. 
A Heart of yellow Amber, with two FLIES. 
Two or three more Pieces, with fome other INSECTS. 
In Septaliut's Mufaum, is one folarge as to bury a Frog. 
Hbi 2. eGem ' And Boetius (a) affirms that Pieces are found fometimes as 
big as a mans Head. 
Found in great quantity in Pomerania, and upon the 
Coaft of Prujfia in the Baltic kzSea. The Eletlor of Branden- 
ind ^Voyage'- ^ ur i e ^ Soveraign of that Coaft, farmes it out (b) for twenty 
Thoufand Crowns yearly. Alfo plentiful on the Coafts of 
S offal a, Mofambique and Melinde. 
YkR^iTo. Boetius defcnbes a Powder, (c) in which Amber is the 
chief Ingredient, and which he highly commends for the 
Epilepfie both in Children and grown perfons. The two 
(d) Muf. Salts of Amber united, faith Ter^agi, (a) make an admira- 
epta " ble Specihck for that Difeafe. 
Take Telks of Eggs fixteen, Gum Arabic^ Gum of 
C beny-Tree 1). Diffolve them, and fet them in the Sun for 
an Artificial Amber. Amongft the many Opinions of the 
Original of Amber, I put this queftion., Whether it is not a 
kind of harden d Petroleum ? 
FLAKED STONE-COAL. Lithanthrax fcifilis. By 
fome called Black Amber 5 not properly. For, when fir'd, 
it hath fcarce any taft or fmell. Neither doth it yield any 
Oil, or melt, as Amber. Only makes a very weak and thin 
Flame, which prefently vanifties 5 and little fmoak. Yet 
keeps fire for a confiderable time. ' - ? Tis bhck, glofly, and 
pretty hard. Yet being (truck, eafily breaketh into Flakes 
of a fquare Figure. Found in Mifnia, Bohemia,isc. In fome 
id) Boet. de Pits two Hundred paces deep, (d) 
Gem.&L ^ STONE taken out of the Dead-Sea. Blackifh and 
fomewhat flaky. Diffoluble with Spirit of Nitre. When 
fir d, it yields a fulphurious fcent. Yet the barbarous Arabi- 
ans ufe it for fewel. 
A Piece of Jet. G agates, from Gaza a River of Lycia, 
where 
