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usaare of the fork at table. D'ArchenhoUz, in chap. 
, III. 
his ^'Tableau d Ans;leterre," says, that "an . i 
Englishman may be known any where, if he be 
observed at table; because he places his fork 
upon the left side of his plate." To this we 
might add, that a Frenchman may also be re- 
cognised at table, in using the fork alone, without 
the knife; a German, by planting it perpendicu- 
larly in his plate; and a Russian, by using it as 
a tooth-pick. After dinner we repaired to the 
Baron's Library : this we found to be full of library. 
useful, rather than of rare books. Here was 
only one manuscript, a Missal; but it was such a 
one as in England would be estimated beyond 
all calculable price : it contained, on every leaf, 
a pointing by Albert Durer, as an illumination; 
the colours being as fresh as they were when 
first laid on. This Missal had been purchased 
oi Albert Durer, for the use of a Convent of Nuns. 
We next visited the Collection of Minerals, con- 
sisting principally of gold ores : we shall there- Ores of 
fore only mention fve remarkable appearances 
of this metal ; because they peculiarly charac- 
terize the Transylvanian ores of gold. Of all 
these, the Baron possessed the most magnificent 
specimens. 
1. Lamlnary native gold, in large leaves, upon ferrugi- 
nous quartz. 
U 2 2. Laminnry 
