[3321] An Eastern name, probably.
[3322] A Geodes or Aëtites, probably. See B. xxxvi. c. [39], and Chapter 56 of this Book, Note [3278].
[3323] “Tongue of stone.”
[3324] Divination from the appearance of the moon.
[3325] “Gorgon stone.” The head of the Gorgon Medusa was fabled to turn those into stone who looked upon it.
[3327] This reading is very doubtful.
[3328] Now known as Heliotrope, bloodstone, or blood jasper. It is of a deep-green colour, with red spots.
[3329] “Turning under the sun.”
[3330] See B. xxii. c. 29.