A piece of coal was carried by thieves in the belief that it would protect them from detection, and help them to escape when pursued. To dream of coals is indicated as a symbol of disappointment, trouble, affliction and losses, except if the coals be burning brightly when the symbol gives promises of uplifting and advancement, for the fire symbol of Mars is rousing to action the coal symbol of Saturn. Coal is under the celestial Capricorn. CORAL “_In the pleased infant see its power expand When first the coral fills his little hand._” SPRAGUE. Coral is a carbonate of lime effected by gelatinous marine mollusks known as “polypi.” For long ages coral was supposed to be a marine plant of which Trevisa wrote in 1495: “Corall is gendred in the Red See, and is a tree as long as it is coveryd with water, but as it is drawen out it torneth into stone,” and Jordan in 1699 tells us that “coral also being a plant and nourished with this juice, turns to a stone.” The name is derived from the Greek word Korallion, and is found written as corale, corral, correil, curalle, curroll, quyral, etc. The various species have been set down as follows: Pink Coral Red Coral White Coral Black Coral Blue Coral Yellow Coral, etc. In more modern times species have obtained names from their appearance. Thus: Brain Coral Cup Coral Mushroom Coral Organpipe Coral Star Coral The appeal of coral to the poet finds expression in some charming legends: