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14. The hardnefs of the remote mountains. 
15. The Afphaltes appears like the balfam of 
mummies (Ballam. mumiarum), and is the fame 
fubftance has there ever been a lake in Egypt im- 
pregnated with this matter ? 
1 6. The petrefa&ions on the oppofite Ihore are 
the fame now as thofe in the dry lakes of Egypt. 
1 7. Pma-fcdomtica. Mad apples, are the fruit 
of Solanum Melongena. 
PLANTS, 
