of 0 XFO %p'S HI%E. 5P 
more particularly adds, that the matter of this Earth proceeds 
from the metallkk vapours of /ilver ore^ by fome fermentation 
raifed and fublimed, and then condenfed on the fides of the 
Rocks. 
23. Of which, hys Gefner^^ there are two forts ; the one 
gropTindi gritty^ becaufe immature and crude ; the other more 
perfeftly concofted, whiter^ ligher^ and fofier : And of both 
thefe we alfo find here, but whether indicative of filver ore^ as in 
the mentioned places by Johan: Danid Major^^ is the great 
queftion. In anfwer whereunto I cannot but add, that though 
I (liould be very unwilling, that any Owner^ Farmer^ or others^ 
fliQuld hazard their Fortune upon my weak judgment, without 
xhk advice of ancient and experienced Bermen ; yet that at Shot- 
over^ befidc Lac Luuds^ there are other Symbols of filver Ore. 
24. Whereof, if any heed may be given to Pliny, the Ochre 
before- mention'd may be accounted one : In argenti isf ciiiri me- 
tallis nafcuntur etiam oftima pigmenta Sil (c; c<£ruleum ; where by 
Sil he means fuch yellow Ochre^ than which, there is no place 
we know of in the world that has greater plenty, or of equal 
worth. To which we may add a fort of Iron-fione^ which is not 
Iron-ore^ found peradventurc in as great quantities here, as it is 
upon the hills near Schemnitz^in. Hungary , the greateft Mine- 
town in that Kingdom : where itfeems it is not only a fign of the 
Ore, but is alfo of great ufe in melting of it; whereof faies Dr. 
Brovpn^ in his Journey thither, that of a liver-colour is counted 
beft\ Now that we have fuch an Ore^ though I dare not pro- 
mife, yet provided we had in the greateft plenty, the liver-co- 
lour 'd Iron-ftone (I dare fay it) would not fail us. 
25- But if Lac Lunde alone may be a fufficient Z^^/fx, and if 
we are not miftaken in the thing it felf, as I verily think we can- 
not be, none of the places already mentioned can fliew it in 
quantity and goodnefs too, equal to a Quarry in the Parifli of 
- Cornwell^ fouth weft and by weft about a hundred yards from the 
Right worfliipful Sir Thomas Fennyftons houfe ; where it is found 
fo wellconcoded, and of fo great purity, that the driven Snow^ 
never appeared whiter ; and yet in fo great quantity too, that I 
cannot giiefs the Mineral^ or whatfoever other metal it be, that 
f Tie fgurii L.apidum. cap.'!- 8 T>e LaBc Lm!<e dijfertatio Medica. Edit, Anno \66-j. l' Account of 
his Travels, pag. 92. 
H 2 gives 
