34$ Of Earths. Part III. 
Of the nature of Sulphur, Copperas, and Alum, fee a very 
(a) Num. good Difcourfc in the Phil. Tranfaftions. (a) Of the Ufes, 
fee Agricola, Libaviw, Crollim, <s?c. I have feen a Tinttme of 
Sulphur of Mr. brought over the Jfe/#£ which will 
fume all away. I remember not where he defenbes it, but 
as I take it, 'tis made with Sal Ammoniac. 
GHAP. III. 
Of EARTHS. 
HPWo Parcels of EARTH RAINED on the AnMpt- 
* lago, upon the Eruption of M Vesuvius , Per. 6th 
1631. Given by Evelyn Efq;. One, is gritty, and of the 
colour of Amber. The other a foft Bole, and looks like 
powder'd Jalap. I dropped fome Oil of Vitriol on them, 
but they fhr not. This Earth began to rain about Ten of 
the Clock at Night, and continued till two next Morning : 
So that it lay two inches thick on the Deck of Captain W. 
Badil/s Ship, who fent this Relation. While it rain'd, no 
Wind ftirring. It fell in feveral parts a hundred Leagues 
7rg ** AU a parcel of EARTH, RAINED lately upon Tenarif 
Given by Mr. Jofeph Bowles, a Merchant in this City. Of 
a pale Clay-colour, and infipid. Yet upon the affulion of 
Oil of Vitriol, makes a fuddain Efervefcence 5 herein diffe- 
rent from the former. 
FINE SAND , from a Sand-Pit near Bruley in Kent. 
Given alfo by Mr. Evelyn. Of this is made the clearefl 
and belt Englifh Glafs. It confifteth of fome Grains, as 
clear as Cryftal : with which others obfeure, being mixed, 
give a whitiOi alh-colourto the whole Mafs. 
A Sandy fubftance of a Gold-colour, found in a Vein of 
Stone in Hartford in New-England. 
Black SAND of Virginia. 
Black SAND found on the fhore near New-Haven in 
New-England 5 with fome Grains of red and white. 
The like out of St. Chriftophers Ifland. 
Fine white SAND of Sacoin New-England, 
Of 
