[122]. Ploss, “Das Weib,” Leipzig, 1895, vol. ii, p. 350.

[123]. Aldrovandi, “Museum metallicum,” Bononiæ, 1648, pp. 564, 566.

[124]. Garcias ab Orta, “Aromatum historia” (Latin version by Clusius), Antverpiæ, 1579, p. 178. See also Valentine Ball in Proc. Roy. Ir. Soc., 3d Ser., vol. i, p. 662; Colloquy xliii, of the work of Garcias, translated from the Portuguese original.

[125]. William Jones, “Credulities Past and Present,” London, 1880, pp. 160, 161; citing “Panorama,” vol. vii.

[126]. D’Herbelot, “Bibliothèque Orientale,” La Haye, 1778, p. 229.

[127]. Rose, “Aristotle de lapidibus und Arnoldus Saxo,” in Zeitsch. für D. Alt., New Series, vol. vi. 1875.

[128]. Ibid., p. 358.

[129]. Ibid., p. 370.

[130]. Ibid., p. 379.

[131]. Nona Lebour, “Amber and Jet in Ancient Burials,” reprint from Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Nov. 27, 1914, pp. 4, 5.