[3341] The reading of this word is doubtful.
[3342] “Hyæna stone.”
[3343] As to this stone, see B. xxxvi. c. [25].
[3344] “Yellow” stone. See Chapter [45].
[3345] “Idæan fingers.” These were probably Belemnites, so called from their long, tapering shape, and being first observed, perhaps, on Mount Ida in Crete. Belemnites are the shells of fossil Cephalopods, and are commonly known as “thunder stones.”
[3346] “Jaundice stone.”
[3347] “Gem of Jove.”
[3348] “Dew stone.”
[3349] “Indian stone.”
[3350] It is just possible that he may be thinking of Indigo here, which he has before called by the same name. See B. xxxiii. c. [57].