[3281] “Tortoise-stone.”
[3282] Six in the morning until mid-day.
[3283] “Tortoise-like stone.”
[3284] “Chelone,” in Greek.
[3285] “Grass-green stone.” It is just possible that the Chlorite of modern Mineralogy, a kind of emerald-green talc, or hydrous silicate of magnesia, may be meant: but we must dismiss the story of the wagtail.
[3286] The pied wagtail, Motacilla alba of Linnæus.
[3287] See B. vi. c. 31.
[3288] “Golden light.” Ajasson suggests that this may have been a yellow phosphate of lead, which emitted light at night, from its close vicinity to naphtha. Bologna stone, Bolognian spar, or sulphate of Barytes, has also been suggested. Topaz, too, is mentioned.
[3289] “Golden face.”
[3290] A variety of Hyacinth, according to Dalechamps.