376 MINES OF SCHEMNITZ. 
CHAP, night, the noise of drums, musical instruments, 
■ and fire-works, kept up a rejoicing in the street 
until the mornins;-. 
May 17. — We were occupied the whole day 
in inspecting, buying, and packing minerals, 
Mhierais assistcd by the two professors, Passern and 
Mohling, who came to visit us. Some speci- 
mens of crystallized sulphuret of antimony being 
offered to us for sale, containing laminae of 
native gold among the crystals. Professor Mohling 
suspected that the association had been " arti- 
ficially contrived ; and upon placing the speci- 
mens in hot water, the gold became disengaged 
from a gum cement, and the trick was manifest. 
This induced us to submit our Transylvanian 
specimens to the same trial, and one or two of 
them proved equally spurious ; that is to say, 
the antimony and the gold were severally genuine, 
but their association was false. Professor 
Mohling, and one of the students, Mr. Pisth 
dined with us. From these gentlemen, and 
from our own subsequent observations, we 
obtained the following particulars respecting the 
Mixes OF ScHEMNiTz. 
Mines of The whole town of Schemnitz is undermined ; 
Schemntiz, 
and to such a degree, that some of the houses 
