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MEMOIR OF 
silver ore, with the most precious and remarkable 
ornaments used in the habits of men from Siberia 
to the Cape of Good Hope, from Japan to Peru, 
and with both ancient and modern coins, and 
medals in gold and silver, the lasting monuments 
of historical facts ; as those of a Prusias, king of 
Bythinia, who betrayed his allies ; of an Alexander, 
who, mad with ambition, overran and invaded his 
neighbours ; of a Caesar, who enslaved his country, 
to satisfy his own pride ; of a Titus, the delight 
of mankind ; of a Pope Gregory the XIII. 
recording, on a silver medal, his blind zeal for 
religion, in perpetuating thereon the massacre of 
the Protestants in France, as did Charles IX. the 
then reigning king in that country. Here might be 
seen the coins of a king of England, crowned at 
Paris, a medal representing France and Spain 
striving which should pay their obeisance to 
Britannia ; others shewing the effect of popular 
rage when overmuch oppressed by their rulers, as 
in the case of the De Wits in Holland, the 
deliverance of Britain by the arrival of William, 
the glorious exploits of a Marlborough, and the 
happy sway of the present royal family.” 
“ The gallery, one hundred and ten feet in length, 
presented a most surprising prospect. The most 
beautiful corals, crystals, and figured stones, the 
most brilliant butterflies and other insects, shells 
painted with as great variety, as the precious 
