THEThe late Mr. Lhwyds curious Tract Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia (s)(s) Lond. 1699., being the most comprehensive of any Author within my Compass, I shall endeavour to reduce these to his Method, only he beginning with Chrystals and Diamonds, I shall premise the Margaritæ Cumbrenses. Some of these Pearls have as good a Water as the Oriental: Here are also three different Colours of those called the Sand-Pearls, which are as useful in Physick as the finest, though not so valuable for the Beauty. A double or Twin-Pearl of the finer Water; a Dozen of which were sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, who hath been a First-rate Benefactor to this Collection of Natural Curiosities above 20 Years ago. By the learned Sir Hen. Savile's Notes (t)(t) Tacitus's Life of Agricol., it appears, that Pliny run into the same Mistake as Tacitus, which is neither so agreeable to the Sentiments of Julius Cæsar, who was tempted by their Beauty (as Suetonious positively affirms) to invade Britain, and dedicated a Breast-plate all studded or cover'd over with British Pearls to Venus Genetrix, nor to the express Testimony of venerable Bede (u)(u) Bede's Eccles. Hist. Lib. I. C. I., who esteems them (as King Alfred renders it) the Old English?.

Rock-Crystal, half a Foot round one Way, and within half an Inch of it, the other. It was brought me from Milan by Dr. Jabes Cay, who observed therein the Modus Concrescendi in the Middle, different from that of the out-side. Sometimes there remains a small Drop in the Middle of a transparent Peble that will never take the solid Form. Of the Iris or lesser Crystals, here are several Sorts, as those called Downham Diamonds, from the Place in Craven where they are found. s S ome are very small, others larger and very great, an Inch and half round; from Dr. Hargrave of Coln. The like Sort of Diamonds from Harrowgate Spaws near Knaresborough: They are found at the Mole-hills (near the Sulphur-well) after Rain; as are also those at Downham. Brindle-stones from the County of Kerry in Ireland, transparent and large, near two Inches in Circumference one way, and above 2 ½ the other. Two others of a pale Amethistine Colour. Don. D. M. Marshal, Dublin. The Iris minima Cambrensis from the Isle of Anglesey. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carl. The Bristol Diamonds, of different Degrees of Transparency, and Sizes, of which one very much resembles that engraved Lh. Tab. I. 15. Pseudo-Adamantes from Kings-Weston in Gloucestershire: Other three Samples very fine from the same Place. Don. D. Jo. Woodward M. D. Some of these are very transparent. A Rock of the like, but more opace, about a Foot in Circumference; but from whence I know not, it being given to my Father about 40 Years ago. Crystalized Spar very curious from the Iron-ores in Cumberland from the Benefactor last mentioned, from whom I received most of the Spars that follow.

The Moon-stone or Selenites Rhomboidalis of Dr. Plot (a)(a) Oxon, Tab. II. Fig. I.; it generally consists of ten Planes, four long, as many short, and the two Sides: Here are six different Sizes from less than half an Inch to two Inches, sent me by the Reverend Mr. Cav. Nevile, Fellow of University Col. Oxon. And one larger than any from the Bishop of Carlisle, which hath also two smaller Selenitæ immersed about half Way in the Body of the large one. A Selenites that seems like the half one, split the long Way, so hath but six Planes. Others not so regular. One of the longer Sort and thinner: Others from a Clay Pit at Richmond in Surry, from Shotover Hill near Oxford, from Northamptonshire, found in Digging a Well at Oundle, and from the Worksop Mines, all five from Dr. Woodward's noble Musæum.

Talcum aureum Indiæ Occidentalis. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carl. Besides this Gold Talk from the West-Indies, here is what I take to be a Sort of Silver English Talk, but know not the Place. Muscovy Glass.

Of the Nautelites, by the Ancients called Cornua Ammonis (for its resemblance of the curled Horns of the Ram, worshipped by the Name of Jupiter Ammon in the Deserts of Africa:) Here are various Sorts, of different Colours, Figures and Sizes, from less than half an Inch to half a Foot in Diameter; but all so curled up that the Tail of the Snake is in the Center of the Stone. The small Sort, whose Parts are protuberant and swelling to a Round; of these are both the Ash-coloured, and the brown (from my Lord Bp of Carl.) the Striæ of each Colour are single near the Center, but presently divide into two Lines, but terminate in a single Lineation. Of the same Form are a greater Sort that are six Inches in Circumference, and very fair. These of the Ash-coloured Stone, appear in Places to be adorned with a shining brazen Armature, as is more evident by an Arch, or Part of another of the same Kind. A Segment of a large one with single Striæ of an Iron-stone; it is 4 ½ Inches round. One that is more thinly striated, but the Lineations are larger and more prominent, like N° 10 in Dr. Plot's 5 Tab. Nat. Hist. Oxon. On the other Side is no Figure, being of Dr. Lister's 9th Sort (g)(g) De Lapid. turbin. p. 212, ex altera tantum parte ad umbilicum cavus. Of those that are depressed; here is one of five Wreaths, three Inches broad; and another near half a Yard in Circumference, which was the largest I could conveniently bring from Whitby; both these which are an Ash or blewish Stone are of the Cornua Ammonis pertusa, being perforated at the Center; they have also a Crest or sharp Ridge, like the Spina Dorsalis; on each Side of which is a Furrow or Channel. A Fragment of a small one with as many Wreaths. The Segment of a larger, being half a Foot round; my kind Benefactor, Dr. Woodward, received it from Whitton Com. Linc. as he did three Samples of the lesser Sort from Lansdown, near Bath. My Lord Bishop of Carlisle sent me, amongst others, the smallest I have seen, being but a Quarter of an Inch broad, yet fairly striated. A larger with six Wreaths. Mr. Sutherland of Edinburgh sent me a small compress'd one, found about ten Miles from the City. But here is another Species, considerably different from all the former, the middle Part being sunk in, or depress'd to a great Depth; the outmost Wreath is above two Inches broad, the Center on each Side is dip'd in, an Inch deep; it is near eight Inches in Circumfe ferencerence. A small one of the same Sort, but one Inch broad, and of a shining Colour. Here are also the Matrix or Beds they are lodged in, somewhat globular, and without any Impression on the convex Part, but finely striated within, after the Form of the Stone it self. The most remarkable of which was given me by Dr. Sawry of Yorke, who received it from Whitby; it is a Congeries of them in an oval Brass Lump (as commonly called) a Quarter of a Yard round, containing the gilded impressions of seven of them.

THEThe Cochlites of four Wreaths, part of the Shell remains upon the Clavicle of one of them. Don. Rog. Gale Arm. The Buccinites, the small striated one of Dr. Plot (h)(h) Nat. Hist. Ox. Tab. 4. 2.. A larger, plain; both from my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. All above are Stones, but here are also the Shells both of the Cochlea Kind, and the Buccina, fill'd with Pyrites, from a Clay-Pit at Richmond in Surry. Don Jo. Woodward M D. As also others from the great Sand-Pit at Woolwich in Kent. The smallest Turbinites from Northamptonshire, and three Turbinated Stones, with a plain Superficies curiously turned in the Form of a Spiral Cone, like a Scrue or Steel-worm for drawing Corks out: One of half an Inch long, hath five solid Wreaths. These were from the Portland Quarry. One of near three Inches taken out of a great Stone at Oswald-kirk Com. Ebor. Don. D. Fr. Place. But the largest of all the Buccinites (above three Inches round) was sent me with many rare Fossils, by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. It is Dr. Lister's 14th (i)(i) De Lapid. Turb. p 216.. Some curious ones very small, from Scotland. Don. D. Jac. Sutherland.

The Bivalves. The Ostracites maximus rugosus & asper (k)(k) Idem, p. 236.; one of these is a Foot round, and weighs near ten Ounces, was sent me by Dr. Cay, whose Account of their Vertue in Nephritic Pains is inserted iu in the Phil. Trans. N° 230250. Samples of the lesser Sorts (Don. D. Jo. Woodward) from North Leach, Sherburn, and Barrington in Gloc. with one of the oblong, narrower, and smaller Sort from the same Quarry. A single Valve of the white Stone Ostracites, given me by Dr. Plot, and an entire one well formed of the blewish Colour. A mighty thin compress'd one, yet hath both Sides. A lesser Sort, striated, white and Ash-coloured: One of a yellow Colour, for they vary according to the Delf they are lodged in. A Sort of Tree-Oyster from Barrington Quarry. The Shell of one found on the plowed Lands near Ensum-ferry Com. Oxon. A smaller Sort with thick Striæ. Ostrea minima echinata from Northamptonshire. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carl. (l)(l) Mr. Morton's Nat. Hist. Tab 3. Fig 4 & 5..

Gryphites from little more than one to four Inches, both of the blew, and white Stone, oblong, very thick, and wrinkled. Here are also of a darker brown, and deeper blew, or ash-colour: Besides the Places mentioned by Dr. Lister (p. 239.) they are found at Scarborough in Yorkshire, where they are called Miller's Thumbs. Of this Conca Rugosa, here are some of those found near Worcester, and Oxford; others from Sherburn Com. Gloc. Whitton and Horbling Com. Linc. and from Scarborough and Hull Com. Ebor. One of those sent me by the Bishop of Carlisle, being worn smooth on the convex Side, reminds me of what the Learned Dr. Woodward infers (m)(m) Dr. Woodward's Nat. Hist. of the Earth, pag. 254., That the Antedelu vian Sea, ebbed and flowed before the Deluge, and by the Access and Recess reduced the Gibbose to a flat, &c. In this Musæum are other Proofs of the Truth of that Inference. From that excellent Author I received also a Piece of the Shell of the Pinna Marina, which he had from the Chalk-Pits in Kent; and another from Crick Com. Northampt. I have also of it from the River Tees.

My Lord Bishop of Carlisle was pleased to send me also several Species of the very rare Pectunculites, as well of those curiously striated, as of the smoother, whose Shells are of the Chalk: Some of the striated have neat, thin Margins, others thicker approaching to the Terebratula. Pectunculi from Northamptonshire, Sherburn in Gloc. Bakewell in the Peake, and from Portland, and two very large, with a smooth Surface, like polished black Marble. Don. D. Jo. Woodward M D. Cochlea maxima, the real Shell of the larger Cockle, six Inches in Circumference, that Mr. Nevile gathered with other Fossil Shells, as well as Formed Stones, from Heddington Quarry Com. Oxon. Other Stone Bivalves; one of a dark Colour, with a wry Beak, and one Part of the Margin further extended than the other Part, which is round; found at Halton near Leedes: A larger, with this peculiar, that there is a Hollow betwixt the two Beaks. The Bucardites (so called from its Likeness to a Heart) from Oxford and Lincolnshire. Curvirostra, the small Sort striated, Lh. 716.

The Tellenites: These are distinguishable enough from the Pectunculi by their oblong Form; but from the Musculites, and some Sort of the Ostracites, it is more difficult to distinguish them. Very fair ones from Scotland. Don. D. Jac. Sutherland. Tellina minima, Nat Hist. of North, Tab. VI. Fig. 12. The Trigonella: The Name discovers its Triangular Form; the larger and lesser Species. Don. R. D. Episc. Carl. These have a smooth Surface, and bright. The Terebratula are striated, more gibbous, and the Margin thicker, with the middle Part depress'd or elated. The Stones divested of their Shells, Margine sinuato, Lh. 830. from Boston Com. Linc. Don. D. Hen. Thomson. A small one found in the midst of a large Stone at Coxwold School Com. Ebor. Don. D. Hey. A very large one, five Inches in Circumference, from Dr. Hargrave of Coln. Others of different Sizes, Lh. 829. with transverse Striæ. A thin Shell including Chalk, with the Bill perforated (whence the Name.) Don. Rog. Gale Arm. The Pholas amygdaloides. Lh. 878. The Solenites, so called from its resemblance of the Solen or Sheth-shell (n)(n) Lister, p. 192., or perhaps Conchites Mytuloides (o). This and(o) Lhwyd, N. 878. the Pholas were from Heddinton. Don. Rev. Cav. Nevile.

HEREHere are various Sorts, as well of the naked Flint, as of the perfect Shell, different both in Figure, Colour, and Substance; some including Flint, others Chalk, or Stone, I shall begin with the first of Mr. Lhwyd's N° 910. Echinitæ laticlavii maximi fragmentum. The Echinus Ovarius very curious from Sittingburn in Kent, sent me (with eleven other Varieties) by D. Woodward, who hath a most noble Collection. A small one from Heddington Quarry near Oxford: These are curiously studded or embroidered as it were. Don. Rev. Cavend. Nevile M. A. The Echinites Galeatus, with the Shells very perfect: My Lord Bishop of Carlisle sent me four Sorts of the Echinites from the Chalk-Pits near Gravesend. A large one found 100 foot deep at Green-hith in Kent, full of Flint, from Dr. Woodward. Another full of Chalk, from Roger Gale Esq; with another of a lesser Size. A large Flint formed in one of this Sort, divested of the Shell. The Echinus Pileatus including Chalk; another from Northfleet in Kent, and a third from Purfleet in Essex. A lesser Sort from Nittlebed in Oxfordshire, and from a Chalk-Pit near Greenwich. Of these, by the vulgar call'd Cap-stones (from their Likeness to a Cap laced down the Sides (a)(a) Dr. Plot's Nat. Hist. Oxon. p. 92.. Here are several that are quite divested of their Shell; they are for the most Part of the common Ruble Stone, but one (given me by Dr. Plot) of a black Flint; all of them have five double Rows of Points that center at the Modiolus. Of the compress'd Kind, here is part of a large flat Echinus Spatagus, from the Fields near Burford Com. Oxon. Of the lesser Species from Heddington, and of the Stones or white Flint without Shells, but with five Rays, as Dr. Plot's (b)(b) Idem, Tab. II. 14.. The Echinites Cordatus very curious, from Gravesend. Another from a Chalk-Pit, near Croyden in Surry. Another with Flint adhering to it from North-fleet in Kent; a third from Hertfordshire, and one that was found 200 Foot deep, in sinking a Well in the same County. The Echinites Pentaphylloides, from Burford Com. Oxon. The Umbilicus not in the Center, but inclining to one Side (c)(c) Id. Tab. II. 9, 10. And Lhywd, N° 971.. The Radioli of the Echinites; they are ridged and channelled the whole Length of the Stone, and the Ridges purled with small Knots set in the Quincunx Order; they mostly consist of a bright shining Substance, not unlike the Selenites. Dr. Plot takes them for the Lapides Judaici (d)(d) Idem, p. 125.. By the Kindness of my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and Dr. Woodward, I am furnished with Variety, as to Colour, white and dark; as to Form, round and compress'd; and as to Size, from near two Inches, to little more than half an Inch in Length; and from two Inches round to less than ½ Inch. Some have a Kind of Pedicle, or Knob at one End; others not only want that, but are quite divested of their Parts, having a smooth Superficies. The Aculei, or small Radiolus, from the Chalk-Pits of Kent, Essex and Surry; the larger from Oxfordshire, but the thickest of all were sent me by R. Gale Esq; and seem to be the largest Cucumerinus of Lhwyd.

Mr. Lhywd next to the Bufonitæ placeth the Siliquastrum Phaseolatum, so called because it resembles the Pod of a Bean or Pulse; the Surface is black and shining, the lower Side, where it should join the other Valve is a white Stone; it is the first Fig. in Phil. Trans. N° 200. His second is a broader Species, which he Names Siliquastrum lupinatum the inner Part of this is a reddish Stone. Some here are different only in Colour, brown or black, others in Form, being more Gibbose. Here are also the smallest Sort: Most of them sent me by my grand Benefactor, my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. To these Siliquastra, or rather (to use the local Word) single Swads, being but one Valve, may fitly be added the entire Beans; one of these (Don. Jab. Cay M. D.) both in Form and Colour resembles the great Garden Red Bean; the other is lesser, and dark coloured, but both of them; as many of the finer Pebles, are a sort of Touchstone. A third represents a compress'd Bean, and is of a bright brown Colour. The said ingenious Physician sent along with it, the Triorchis, or Stone resembling Three Nuts. To which may be added another in the Form of a Nutmeg, and which is most curious, one from the East-Indies that doth so naturally represent Half a Nutmeg, as well on the Inside, as without, that many Persons will not be persuaded by their Eyes, that it is otherwise, till their Taste convince them of their Infidelity. Don. D. Tho. Wilson Merc. Dublin. A Stone very like a Gall for making writing Ink, and another to half a Ball of Gascoigne Powder.

The Belemnitæ are the last Classis in Mr. Lhwyd's Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia: Here are of different Sizes and Colours, from little more than ½ Inch to to to 4 ½ in Length. Dr. Plot's of that Dimension was but 1 ¼ round, but this is 2 ½; yet but a Fragment (nor was that of Dr. Lister's any other) (k)(k) De Lapid. pag. 226. of the Yorkeshire Belemnites maximus niger. An entire one of the same Dimensions from the Hedington Quary Com. Oxon; it is hollow for 1 ½ Inch at the Base; it enclines to a Yellow, and when vehemently rubb'd takes up a Straw like Amber, which the black one will not do, though as large. Don. D. Rog. Gale Arm. A lesser from Cricklade Hill Com. Gloc. radiated like a Star from a closer Center. Another from Croydon Chalk-Pits in Surrey. Don. D. Jo Woodward M. D. One that in three Inches Length is not much thicker than a Goose Quill; and another that in less than one Inch in Length is very near two in Circumference. The Medulla in one of the hollowed Belemnites consists of a white Sort of Selenites or Spar. The Generality of these Thunderbolts, as the Vulgar call them, are of a Conical Figure, from a thick Basis tapering to a Point: But amongst some sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, there is one Cylindrical, or equally thick from End to End; and another that is thickest in the Middle, and gradually slenderer to both Ends: The former of these hath the Rima or Chink, the whole Length, which the second hath only at the Basis; and another at the small Point, but the Generality want it. As to Colour, here are the black, whitish, ash-coloured, reddish, brown and Amber-coloured.

Variety of Copper and Lead Ores from very distant Mines, and some of Tin with Mundick and Pyrites; most of them the Gift of the learned and ingenious Dr. Woodward, as a Copper Ore from Westmoreland; another (with Spar) from Cornwal; a third from Mr. Basset's Mine; a 4th (with Tin in it) from a different Mine of Mr. Basset's; a 5th from Sir. Will. Godolphin's, all in the said County; a 6th with Spar pretty rich in Tin. A Copper Ore from Devonshire; and another from Cheshire. One from the Mines near Richmond in Yorkeshire. Another very rich. Don. R. Gale Arm. One that I brought from Talentire in Cumberland. Another sent me by Ste. Tempest of Broughton, in Craven Esq;. But the greatest Curiosity relating to this Metal was sent me from Sweden by Mr. William Sykes Merchant, An 1688, when (and never else, as I am informed) several of them were found in the Copper Grove at Fallum: it is a most regular Octoedra, hath six angular Points, and consequently eight solid Triangles, or as many Pyramids joined in Base; the Figure of it may be seen in the Phil. Trans. N° 277. It is not unusual for Metals, as well as their Fluores or Spars, to strike into various and exact Mathematical Figures, wherein Nature seems to attempt what she hath brought to Perfection in this, which is the most curious, and in the Opinion of most competent Judges, beyond any Thing that hath been seen in its Kind. My Lord Bishop of Carlisle obliged me with a Specimen of Lead Ore and Sulphur pick'd up at the Out-bursts of their several Veins that have begun to shoot out in such regular Forms.

Amulets. Glain Neidir or Adder-Beads; here are two from Wales, sent me by Mr. Lhwyd, of which see his accurate Description of that Principality in the Britannia, pag. 683, and the Figure of them, pag. 697. One is of blew Glass with white Snakes upon it. The other curiously undulated with blew, white, and red. These he takes to have been used by the Druids themselves, and so handed down from Parents to Children every since. It is most certain that the Ignorant and Credulous are so fond of them, that they will not part with them for Love or Money; and not only the Vulgar, but Persons of good Education are fully persuaded, that the Snakes make them; that they are Preservatives from all Dangers, and that whoever finds one will prosper in all his Undertakings. The said Author gives also the Figure of one of Earth enamel'd, with blew, and furrowed on the Out-side, of which Sort I have one that was found in the Roman Burying-Place at Yorke, and the Fragments of a smooth one that hath been larger. One of Jeat, and another of Amber, that being found singly in ancient Ruins, and another of a Sort of Agate, or reddish Stone polished, seem to have been applied to the like Uses. Of the Jeat Rings there is another Sort much larger, viz. two Inches, or 2 ½ Diameter, which being too large for Rings, and too small for Armillæ or Bracelets, have probably been used also as Amulets. A thin one with Notches on the outer Edge, was sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and a thicker waved, was given my Father by Dr. Lister; and both, if I mistake not, found with Roman Antiquities. A round flat Stone perforated in the Center doth exactly fit one of these Rings; it was found amongst the Roman Monuments at Adle before-mentioned, pag. 162. A Brass Head like that found in Denbighshire, and is engraved, as an Amulet, Cam. Brit. Pag 697. save that this hath an Helmet.

Heptateuchus, liber Job, & Evangelium Nicodemi; Anglo-Saxonice. Historiæ Judith fragmentum; Dano-Saxonice. Edidit nunc primum ex MSS codicibus Edwardus Thwaites e collegio Reginæ. 4to. Oxoniæ e Theatro Sheldoniano, An. Dom, MDCXCVIII. Typis Junianis. Don. RR. DD. Episc. Carleol.

170. Annotationes in vitam Ælfredi Magni, per Dom. Johan. Spelman. These learned Notes were writ by Francis Whyte Esq; Recorder of Leedes, 1684. Don. R. R. D. D. Episc. Carleol.

183. An ancient Breviary, continent. collecta Dominicarum & feriarum totius Anni. This once belonged to the Church of New-Abbey (or St. Marys de dulci corde) in Galloway, founded by Dirnorgilla, the Mother of John Baliol King of Scots, and seems to be very particular in the Scotish Saints: The learned Bishop of Carlisle hath noted (Scot. Hist. Libr. p. 234.) that St. Kentingern, or St. Mungo's Day, is Jan. 14.

Gratitude to my Benefactors obligeth me to acknowledge to whose Kindess I am obliged for some of the most valuable of the said Originals, viz. to the most Rev. his Grace the late Lord Archbishop of Yorke, the Right Reverend Bishops of Sarum, Carlisle, and Man; the Rev. Mr. Atkinson, Banks, Boyse, Calamy, Chorley, Clarke, Coningham, Cooke, Cressey; Daubuz, Deering, Drake, Dwyer; Fall; Gale (Dean of Yorke, to whom, and to Dr. Hudson the greatest Number of the Learned Foreigners are directed) Gibson; Hardy, Hickes, Hill, Hough, Hudson, Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith, Stretton, Strype (for some very valuable temp. Reg. Eliz.) Talbot, Tallents; Wasse, and Wilkinson. And of the Laity, Mr. Bayns, Blythman, Brenand, Sir Walter Calverley, John Chamberlayn Esq; Mr. Churchill; Rob. Dale, Jo. Dyneley, and John Evelyn Esquires, the Executors of the Lord Evers; Tho. Lord Fairfax, Barwick, Tho. Robert, and Bryan Fairfax Esqrs; Roger Gale, and Will. Gilpin Esqrs; Sir Andr. Fountaine; Jo. Hare, and Rob. Hitch Esqrs; Mr. Holmes, and Houghton; Tho. Kirk Esq; Dr. Lister, Mr. Lhwyd, Sir Will. Lowther, Sir John Middleton, Robert Molesworth Esq; Robert Nelson Esq; Peter le Neve Esq; Norroy; Hen. Newman Esq; the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Parker, Lord Chief-Justice; Will. Petyt Esq; Mr. Petiver, Dr. Richardson, Tho. Rymer Esq; Dr. Sampson, Theo. Shelton Esq; Sir Phil. Sydenham, Robert Stephens Esq; the Hon. Mr. Wentworth; Sir Geo. Wheeler, and Dr. Woodward.

An entire Roman Lamp that I bought at London; another somewhat maimed, but of finer Workmanship, that was dug up at Yorke, upon the Bottom is FVGARI. VV. The Mouth of a Præfericulum, given me by Dr. Woodward. The Mouth of a large Vessel found at the Station last mentioned, which even in the thinnest Part (of which here is also a Specimen) is an Inch thick, but the Handles are half a Foot or seven Inches round; one of these, though of the coarsest Clay, hath had an Inscription, of which only the three last Letters OMS remain. The fine Coralline Urns are rarely without the Artificer's Name, in rais'd Letters impress'd with a Stamp at the Bottom of the Patera, or other Vessel used at their Sacrifices or solemn Festivals; for I think these, which are of very curious Workmanship, were rarely used as Sepulchral Urns. Upon a Fragment of one of these is the Lion catching at his Prey; upon another the Statue of Hercules, with the Lions Skin cast over his Left Arm. One inscribed, DOVIICCVS. Another QVINT. IM. These were from Yorke. Others of the like Materials from old Galatum, sent me by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, (inscribed REGINVS.) from Chester, by Henry Prescot Esq; from Aldbrough and Ribchester, by the Rev. Mr. Morris, and Mr. Hargreaves; and some were found at Burgdunum in this Neigh bourhood. One found by Roger Gale Esq; in the Bank of Trent by Littleborow; and another with TRIO upon it, sent me by Sir Godfrey Copley; and lastly, one found in digging for the Foundation of the present Fabrick of St. Paul's at London, whereupon is a humane Statue very well designed with a Præfericulum, or other Sacrificing Vessel, in his Right Hand: These are all very curiously wrought in Bass-Relieve, and were made in Molds, of which I saw one in the Learned and Ingenious Dr. Woodward's Musæum at Gresham-College. Here is also one of the dark coloured Clay, with a Heart upon it; and another with a Capricorn.