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almoft. all he had to lofe. Near thefe mines I found another bed of
the white clay, but here it was-fo little indurated, or rather fo much
decompofed, asto crumble between the fingers. Not-far from hence
I:picked up fome globules of Odfdian.
In-the walls of the houfes, and in the. ftreets, I noticed a.very.
beautiful breccia*, formed of fmall fragments of .a lively green.
coloured petrofilex, united. by an. almoft imperceptible. coating of
chalcedony. .
Tfhould not have ftaid here above half a day, for the {quire of the ¬
place, Mr. Sirmay, for-whom I. hada letter of introduction, was
not at home, but no horfes were to be had: they were all employed
in tranfporting the do» gratuit of corn made by the. nobility to the
emperort, and on this account I was detained a day longer, and. then
I. went to. Uihelly. with Mr. Berhelly, the gentleman who was both.
* Breccia.
Ex fragmentis minoribus Petrofilicis viridis cultro vix rafilis fcintillantis; ad
angulos fubdiaphanæ, & paucis Jafpidis rubræ, ope Chalcedonïi alboicærulefcentis
vix nudo oculo difcérnendi, conglutinatis.
Tubi ferruminatorii ope color viridis evanefcit, & ad angulosyitrum albunt prabet.
+: This is another grievance under which the peafants labour; and at particular times
and on particular roads it is a very fevere one: ‘They are obliged to tranfport the am¬
munition and provifions for the army, and.every thing that.is-for the. public fervices
and they receive ftill lefs pay than from travellers.
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