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Creature, which refembles a wild Goat, juft by whofc 
Navel the Caftor is found like two Glands. This I 
am allured from People who have feen it on the 
Spot; but as they are quite unacquainted with natural 
Hiftory and Anatomy, we mud not truft to them too 
much : I hope foon however to procure an Account 
that may be depended on. In the mean time, as 
you encourage me to write to you freely, I will in- 
form you of what I judged the moll remarkable in 
the Coutfe of my laft journey. 
The Kingdom of Bohemia is a fine fertile Coun- 
try, rich in Metals and Minerals of all Sorts. The 
Frontiers all round are very high Mountains : The 
inward Parts of the Country are hilly, with Plains 
and rifing Grounds intermixt, that have the Appear- 
ance of being the remaining Bafes and Ruins of for- 
mer Mountains, the Soil being a Compofition of 
decayed Rocks mixed with fomc vegetable Earth. 
The Rocks on the higheft: Mountains are an aggre- 
gate Stone of Lap ides Calcarii , Spati, §puartz-i. 
Mica-, &c. The Plains arc covered with the leaft 
diflolvable Parts of fuch Rocks. Their fineft: Cryftals, 
and precious Stones, are gathered behind the Plough ; 
many (till retaining the fame Figures they had re- 
ceived at their Formation in the Veins and Hollows 
of the Rocks. I found on the Tops of Mountains 
decaying Rocks, which, when mixed with a little 
vegetable Earth, made cxa&lythe fame Soil with that 
in the rifing Grounds and Plains below. 
There are feveral Places in this Kingdom where 
the Mountains are wholly of Lapis Scijffilis , which 
breaks into Rhomboids ; and I obferved for many 
Miles the Shelves of this Stone running through 
different 
