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colour of a Topaze^ and was inform’d of others purely 
Ametbyftine, found in the Valley of Nant Phranicorr, 
I find our Anceftors (for want of more precious Stones) 
made themfelves Beads of opaque, or Marble Cryftal y 
for 1 have one given me, cut like a Lottery-ball, and 
perforated ; found not long fince in Meirionydhfhire* l 
defire to know whether you are fatisfy’d, that thofe 
tran fparent Stones figured by Dr. Plot , and by Dr. Lifter 
{jPhil. Tran fad. N Q . 201] by the name of Ombri<e, 8ec. 
are fo form’d naturally. One of them was lately given 
me (let in Copper with a little Handle to it) by the 
name of Tlds Owen Kyveiliog , i. e. Owen of Kyveiliog's 
Jewel 5 fo call’d, becaufe found in an old Grig or Barrony 
near the Place where he lived. 
Sir William Williams hath feveral Weljh MSS (tho* f 
think no Di&ionary) that would be of ufe to me s, but 
his Son tells me, he’s refolv’d never to lend any. They 
are chiefly Modern Copies out of Hengmt Study in 
MeirionjdhJbire , which I am promis’d free Accefs to 5 
and have this time taken a Catalogue of all the ancient 
JylSS. it. contains... There are the Works of TalieJ)?^ 
Aneuryn gvoavodydh , Myrdhyn ab Morvryn, and Kygodio 
placth, who lived in the 5th and 6th Centuries (but the 
fma.ll MS. containing them all feems to have been co- 
pied about 500 Years ago) as al-fo of feveral others va- 
luable in their kind. 1 muft intreat you to dire# me, 
if you can, how to procure the ufe of the.Corniflj MSS, 
you mention at Mr. AnftijJe ’s. I have been told one Mr 
Keygivyn, who died of late Years in Cwnroal, left a fort, 
of Dictionary of the Language : Perhaps Mr Moyle, or 
fome other of your Acquaintance in that Country, can. 
tell ns whether it be. true, or a miftake, . 
We have neither the Ibex nor - Rnftcapra in Wabsy 
nor any ocher Goat but the Common. In our Language 
the Pjrk Deer is call’d Geivr Danas : The former Word 
fig ni ties Goats, but whether the latter implies Danijb 
(as, 
