Having thus dispatched such as are mentioned in the accurate Calatalogus Plantarum Jamaic. Mader. Barbadoes, &c. and those I could reduce thereto, I shall proceed to others that I could not, or have since been received. The Rose of Jericho, a dry and ligneous Plant, all the Branches whereof are crumpled and closed up together, yet if infused in Water, will expand it self, as this did, three Inches. Some Imposters choose to make the Experiment on Christmas-Eve, to make the Credulous believe it will only spring at that Time; whence it is by some call'd the Angelical, or the Christmas-Rose. The Gift of Seignor Altchribel, who brought it from the Desart of Judea. He gave me also a Rod, from a Mountain in Arabia, inaccessible, save to the Natives, who pretend it is sprung from Moses's Rod. And also a Sample of the Wood from Mecca, of which the Turks make Tooth-Brushes. Manna gathered in the Wilderness, where the Children of Isræl travelled. Don. Ric. Hey Merc. Leod. A Cone of Cedar, said to be from Libanus. A Fragment of the Wood of the Cedar that is indisputably so, being brought from that noted Mount, by Dr. Huntington, and given me by his Nephew, perhaps the Cone may rather be from America, than Lebanon, where very few now remain: A great Traveller is said to have found one there, as big as seven Men could Compass (q)(q) Dr. Brown of Scripture Plants.. A Locust, or Piece of Cassia Fistula, the Cod and Fruit near eight Inches long, and four broad. Another about six and three. Another less. A different Lobe, much thicker than the greatest, though neither so long or broad as the least. Pine-Apples and Firre-cones.

Ichthyodontes Cuspidati, or Glossopetræ of different Sizes, from a Quarter of an Inch, to an Inch and half, both of the smooth and serrated, and of several Colours, viz. white, yellow, sad Colour, blewish and black, the larger Sort filled with rough Stone of their different Colours, though the Teeth themselves be smooth, bright, and shining. One of that Sort called Ornithoglossum, from its Likeness to the Magpies Tongue, Lh. 1266. All from my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. The Plectronites, so called from its resemblance to a Cock-spur adhering to Chalk; see the Figure Phil. Trans. N° 200. Fig. 13. sent me by Roger Gale Esq;. As also Glossopetræ from the Isle of Malta, where they are called Serpents-Tongues, though they are in Reality Sharks-Teeth. Another sort of Fossil Teeth are the Scutellati or Grinders, commonly called Bufonitæ; of these here are all the three Sorts, from the said Benefactors, viz. Orbiculati, Umbonati, and Scaphoides; some of the two former Sorts are filled with Stone, but the Name of the last shews it to be hollow; and in Figure somewhat resembling a little Boat of that, with one End narrower than another: See Fig. 12. in the said Trans. These Bufonitæ are of various Colours, a brighter and deeper brown, blewish and dark black, all bright and shining; one hath an Areola upon the Convex Side, surrounded with Rays. Another sort from Malta, called the Vipers Eye; the Gift of Seignior Altchribell; the black Speck in the middle, which is very protuberant, is surrounded with a Circle of pale Yellow, and that with another of blewish White; the rest of the Stone is black; these are frequently set in Rings. The same Italian Gent. gave me another Stone, which he brought from the Red Sea, and is said to be a Fish's Eye; it is a Kind of Pisolythus, the Humours of the Eye, with the Tunica Uvea, and the Iris, are not ill-represented (h)(h) Grew's Mus. Reg. p 258.. Hither also may be referred the Oculi Cancrorum, a crustaceous Stone, said to be taken out of Crab's Eyes; of these I have both the blewish and white, of a less and larger Sort, better than 1 ½ Inch round, which Mrs. Sus. Maddox brought me from Prussia.

The Story of St. Thomas Becket's Murther, who is represented as saying Mass at the high Altar, and the Russians breaking in upon him; it is upon Copper, gilt and enamel'd. Don. D. Sam. Smith. A Bit of Marble from his Shrine at Canterbury, and a Fragment of painted Glass (thicker than the Marble) from the same Cathedral, sent me by Mrs. Sar. Speering of London, who also gave me a Sort of Wafer, or Past, with a Crown impress'd upon it, said to be made up with the Virgin Mary's Milk. An Agnus Dei of Silver, with unknown Relicks therein; on one Side is engraved the old Character for Jesus, on the other, the Holy Lamb. Another small one of Brass, with the embossed Heads of St. Igna. Loyola, and St. Franc. Xaverius. Two Wafers for the Eucharist; one has the Figure of our Saviour upon the Cross, the other I H S, with a Cross above, and Nails below. An Agnus Dei from Rome the last Jubilee; it is of pure white Wax inscribed, Ecce Ag. Dei qui tol. pec. mundi. and below the Lamb, Innocen. XII. P. M. An. Iub. 1700. Upon the Reverse the Picture of S. Felix Valois F. Ord. S S. T. R. C. Another less, and somewhat different. A Jubilee Ring of blew Glass and Enamel. A Crucifix in Brass cast hollow; a lesser, solid and gilt, very well performed. A very small one in Silver. A Madonna in Copper. A small Cross of Lignum Vitæ, brought from an Hermitage upon Mount Serrat in Spain, and given me by Dr. Pelham Johnston. Another brought from Jerusalem, and given me by Seign. Sebast. Altchribel. This is inlaid with Ivory and Mother of Pearl, that Part within the white Lines is pretended to be the Wood of our Saviour's Cross. A small one of Geat found in a Grave at Leedes. The Draught in Oil Colours of the noted Cross at Doncaster, whereupon is inscribed, ┼Cest est la Cruice Ote: d: Tilli: a ki aime Deu en face merci. Am.