ftroSf*r ■ -l - THè ceraürtei kpide, thunderbolts, which Were formerly* ac--
fcoünted thunderdlones, are now unänimoufly allowed to bé Ropes
artificially wrought into axes, hammers, Wedges; and knives,
which; in foe heafoeiiifti times Were tiled at luck faccifice^?«^ ac-
Cording ter foeir fiiperfotfon, did not adndt_ithg f:u|e?hli a toolptor
inftrUment of any other fubftance; they ate found both here -and
in Denmark, &nd chiefly on filch, eminences as Were aj^pbinted for
fecriftcing. I have them of different fiabfianées; ^ofouf;fizé, and
figure. The Ml has the ftrongeft marks of being the work of
art and not a natural form, èfpeciaüy in foofe which have a circular
hole where the handle or grafp was inferted.
Eagie-fione. ' Aetites, 6# the eagle-ftone, is found here as in other parts in
the tiefts öf eagles, who, probably, lay it- there, to moderate the
violent hat exhaling from the breaft of the däm^ the eagle befog
a bird of extreme hat. They are generally of a dark yellow,
oblong, and conical at both ends. I have one, which when
{hook, rattles, feme folid body unqueftionably being inefofed
Mcteurs, therein. Of foe fevcral virtues aferibed to it, Ol. Wormius dif-
coürfcs more than becomes him, fancy and foperftition having in
my opinion the greateft fliare in them.
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stones plaint I AmII now in a few words mention fome,pkcres of foojge fo my
ColfexStion, which at firft fight ctfflfoi what ïSMyc before jGiid on
tä&£i!üd thé origin of rocks, namely/ that foe fobfknce of marble, and of
bTdamrf?nljr the moft denfeand folid fton.es were formerly, and probably at the
PIate ‘i' tifne of the deluge, fóft and fluid, but afterwards 'coagulated or
fubfided into their prelent fituatiem, like metals after fufiori. -Of
this I fay, four pieces of ftone are palpable proofs, the firft has
very much the appearance of a finall parcel of hog Vbrifttes, with
their thick ends inverted againft each other, and with a ftraight-
nefs Which fheWs the rapidity of their fluid motion, this piece is
' white-; the fecond piece is a connexion of fevcral very remarkable
diftinét quadrangular parts, each of the length of a iarding-pin,
but of the thicknefs of a ftraw-, paffing through each. other fome-
times longitudinally, fometimes tranfverfally; it. is of a dark
brown, and vitreous. The third piece confifts of -long, fine, light-
grey Arias, ten and more in a fucceflion, and others of a like fi-
1 gure
gure in an oppofite direction, compreflèd together like rays. In
the fiflnres are fo^e ipnall fpapk^o|jrn^;aL The; fourth piece
hasi coalefeed into foe.rppndiflinefs. of a; cake,. and is compofed .of
many. circles;J gradually ebntra&ing themfelvesj -unfl proceeding
one from the other to the center, fo.foat the-laid motion-of the
matter of this ftone muft have been circular ; this ftone is dark
g^y-, . ' 'V/'V:
The différent Aiapes of thefe lapidions fiihftances, by qtfoaj alterations,
remind me of a particular in Qfierdafe in the mountain
qfoSvuku, on: the borders of Sweden, which never fads to exeite »_-^.r
the admiration of the curious, àndrif may-juftlybe looked upon
as one erf the moft fingular monuments of the deluge; Mr. Dan- “toST“1 °f
tilas gives a good account of it in a, memoir whichhé read in the
year 1742, before the royal academy of fciences in Sweden, and
has fince beën published, of which the following % an PjtrgÆ
- “ The higheft creft of the mountain of SvuKu in Opfterdaleit, ‘a"
province of Norway, lies, according to a forvey taken by the barometer,
above two foouland ells higher than die lake of Famunfo
a water betwkt foe mountains. This mount conflits of one folicu
hard fend-ftone; on foe top of foe mountain ftands a.fpli4 hugp
mafs of the fame ftone, which bears in it many marks' of a djlfo-
Iution and dilruption, which cant bé attributçd tef nothing but
water. : For at foe Toot of this mafs, yet on the1 fommit-of fop
mountain towards foe foufo, are feveral parallel cfeannelg, threb
or four fingers deep, and of foe like breadthf wfoch at laft meet«
they appear to be the work or fome miner, but tipon 'viemng;
them on foe fiimmit, foe fnoft manlfeft indicatioris îhew thênj.-
felves,' as if the water had cut itfelf a paflage along feme' heap! of
clàyf fo that' unqueftioùably the true caufe of thi? fingularity^is "to
be fought in foe impetus and agitation of foe waters.
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