•ftA T tT-RA L H l ê T O R Y ;i oCJVO R WA Y.
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g^maf fiftriethat- WHerf "àpplied Externally, of hung aboutthe deck,
they are a prefervatiye agamft the a|iopl6'iy} th6r plague, aridoAer
AoriHgthnSy I câMnôt admit, having no evidence of it, but muft
lëâive-k W Ml upori its is certain Aâtïtlk^tieàlers
îh com àt /Qeÿôâ, arid Mk-feUles; have a great vênt • fof their
comrtiodities in the eaftèrri countries; Tëurnefort fays, that all
over the eaft they wear necklaces and bracelets of ;<k>ral beads
brought frbiri Mârfèillës. Fbffîhlÿ'ëoüld white coral be brought
ffilb faihibri, a diligent fear ch: bright procure as gréât a quantity
m Our feas *.
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C II A P. vn .
' Of feveral kinds of Gems And curious Stones in N-Ory^ay. ,
wfeci*. f. V f Pebbles. H. Marble andxibl^0fSpM ^
brgtittfringjfiofigs, ‘Chdlk-fone. ■ arid the ItkelTj^tetrTJiI
ftoni, Mlll-ftcne and SltSe. S e c t . V. -1M.Mogpet.
SEufcVl. Amianthus, or Ajbejtos., &E2CT. VII. "Pyritest and Qgarte.or
Marcafte: Se c t . VIII. Cryjial and ifinglcfs. ^S§cT. IX' Granite*-, Ame-
- thyjl, Chalcedony. Sec t .% and Agate.§ ovi:1c}\i.^bim leM ohs,
arid Other fgurdied Jlones. <1 MhiLj&rih plainly triMeating their
fubjlance formerly -to have been fo ft and fluid. . ;;
IN the brifer I propofed after me Vegetables .arid plarits'Tn
Norway, follow Ae feveral Recife's bfjdories, with the feveral
‘metals arid lAhefats rd&dent rnthefn; huton Ais llv^lf^cbaper,
I fhaH cdrifirib riiyfelf to the former, referring the metals and
l^hQMS fp^ffie enfinng.
- S E C T. I.
It is Ae Ms hecefiaiy to dwell upbh thfe cbmfnOn pebbles, of
whichAe mburifetiffs herd *anH "in other parts chiefly ebrifiil,' ‘they
bemg weH knOWn; &d I having offered my thoughts dbncefning
mem ih the 'fecoiid chapter, bh'the: origin^ ‘formation; and different
figures Of the laid mountains; but orie particular concerning
Ikuul of - Adfe pebbles ffiuft not^be omitted; which is, that a certairi brown
pebble.
* Concerning the white coral fithed for in the lakes of Numidia, and whiA^iffers
6nly ih fiofbarJTroetor S6aV,’ in Tdrn. f l . App. p. ttWelsiaMs, that it is
fcarcc, but whether'it bears arhighcq.price there, I am not informed.
2 m , I ’ M m . kind
Of Pebbles.
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y iof A O RW A Y , XÔ1
kind of them decays) .with agef©, like old wood, to which, in its
ipeurvated veins and channels it is mot rnnlike, diflolves between
-ones,fingers; drops’.fiona(;‘Vjhe> mountains into the fehy and fome-
timestoccafions h e afore-mentibried.. cakriaity 'of i aAifrtiptibri'; - fo
that the travelled rebuild' the Morway-coafts, feiay find fuffieient
iproof to, eonfutbjthofe vifipparies of all ages, who have imagined
’the'world;to be eternal; and Aefe<prpofs'may be drawn a priori:
For if the world were eternal, ifeAeclAefediild' hob be' ih/ttoafpi -
cuous as it'iis^withih the 'few centuries;- whieh>wercari ' epitapute
with Time, Ap voracious confurner 'of al-Aiogs; exerts
it£,'cdir©five power fevdry- where '©n the'hardeft foek'% but
more remarkably in certain places ; and Whoever has livid any
time on thefe eoafts inuft have chferved the fejrietf dldbived,- and
the feparation begin in- the'veins, where the pores and fofter fub-
fiance fomer yield to the daily impreffions of the air’and fun.
In many .^places Ae- northern grey and black : pebbles are - intermixed
with iron,^copper, dead,1 filvlr, and even- gold;*'@f>-whicll
we ftiall treat in the feq-uel. -Great qaant'kies vdf thofe'pcbbles are
^f’prefpt ufbdfipVbuddin&feufds|;walls?,!a^ cfpeeialiy
in and about Bergen,, the neighbouring mountains 'furniihing
thfm with—little. labour, nature itfelf having as it wore prepared
them byfiffiires, into which, Ae -wedges cbeiag driven, fuch fiat
angular pieces TalLef,-1 Aat wiAout ‘being Aaped the chiflel,
they fuit lone anoAer fb *well, 4 s.‘ito fijfm -a^ compadt-wafll, In
-lbrne places, *eipecia% at? -Gloppen in Nordfiord, I have 'been
l^mazed t© Tee whole-mountains eor^fbng»of t'bfefe-pebMes hatu-
rally divided, and as k werg cloven, altne^; of eq-vial
from tw© to-three cubits each; -as-if they "bad been! Taw^dl IboA
dongitudina^r' and -»trahfverfally. T h ^ : -picees' are Vafi^ -lifted
with-'two hands,, and -refemfele Ae -ruins -of - ari dd w A . Mr,
Bufibn fpeaks dF a--mountain o f Ae Iamb-nature -near Fontaincs-
bleau. Thefe norAern ^fragments ‘lie -neardhteisreAs, -and ‘being
eafily embarked, -rriightload fievefSl -Aoufand -flup§, A e quantity
being Tulprient to build »large cities. Alow Abfe^egvriarififiurSs
and‘ !fbparatiGijs may -moil rationally •• be-luppofed *tg :have happ®t-
■ ed,: Toon after the deluge.-ki A e originally- -Ibfti^-and --afterwards
gradually Jindurated pebbles; I hifve ' bifered 'feme -corije^ures ih
the feeond-chapter,-whieh treats o f dhe foil and ^burit||is .Jih
i* general,