Of 0 XFO %p^S ii,I%E. pp 
Others found in the Fields or Quarries apart. Of the firfl fore 
of thefe we have a curious inftance in the poffeffions of the Right 
Honorable Henrji Earl of Clarendon^ at Langhj in the confines of 
Whichvpood-forrejf^ where there is a Quarry of very hard Hvjne, 
. wholly compofed of a clofe union of Cockles^ fcarce any of them 
exceeding a Pea in bignefs, and ftreaked circularly to the hinges 
of the valves, as in Tab, 3. Fig. 12. they are none of them hol- 
low, but firmer within, than they are to the bed of ftone where 
they lye ; and yet even to that they are fo clofely knit, chat the 
niafs receives a very good polifli, iiifomuch that his Lordf'ip in- 
tends to pave the new Chappel now building at Cornbury with it. 
57. This fort of Marble is mentioned hy Steno'^^ and called 
(as he fays) by the Italians^ Nephiri ; whereof t^ ere is alfo a '^ery 
good fort at Charleton Towns end, upon the edre of Oirnocr 
differing from that of Langky only in this, iLic the grols of the 
ftone is fomwhat whiter, the Cockles larger, ai:d i^ot fo thick fet. 
However, of fo firm and clofe a texture, that of it they make 
Tomb'ftones^ Tables^ isc, fo curioufly fpotted and let with rings, 
that it very much pleafes the eye of the beholder, and has alrea- 
dy gotten (though but lately found) a reputation at Oxford and 
the parts adjacent. 
58. Of this fort of moft certainly it was, though fom- 
what perhaps of a fofter kind, and different colour, th2t Faufa- 
nioi informs us (as quoted by Agricola) the Monument of Fhro- 
mws^ and many other works, were made at Megara, Megaxdt 
in faxo valdealbo^ isf reliquk lapdihm moUiore^ imdiqueinfunt con-^ 
chdemariride^ exquoisfc. are the words of Agricola ; for which 
very reafon this fort of ftone is there called Conchites^ and rince 
by Johnfion and Frzd\ Lachmund ^ (from the place where found) 
Lapis Megaricu^, 
59. There is another fort of it in the Quarries near Adderburj^ 
thickfetwith C'oc^/ejin their full proportion, as in Tab.^. PigA'^* 
Some of them are wonderfully Chryftallized, and beautiful to the 
eye, but not being fo finely cemented together, but that a knock 
will loofen or make them leap from their beds ; and many of them 
being hollow, or filled with brittle 5/>^r ; the ftone by no means 
will receive a polifti, and upon that account fit for no other work 
* InFrodromg. * It is much prized by the P<?/w?w at Low^/ow, ithavinga grit that Cutstheircolours 
much better than other Marble. Mi". Aubrey i notes. « J>c Naturd FoJJilium. lib. 7. ( 'O^vktv^dH^. Hil- 
defheim feSi. 3. cap, 1$. 
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