Aepinus, l. c. Footnote 102: The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin, ed. by John Bigelow, New York and London, 1888, vol. x, pp. 282–285. Footnote 103: See the writer’s “Gems and Precious Stones of North America,” New York, 1890, Pl. 4, and also his “Precious Stones” in 20th Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey, Pt. VI, Washington, 1899, p. 577. Footnote 104: Cornelii Taciti, “Libri qui supersunt,” vol. ii, Lipsiæ, 1885, p. 243. Footnote 105: Sat. vi, 572; ix, 50. Footnote 106: Lib. v, 37, 9; xi, 8, 6. Footnote 107: Pfizmeier, Sitzungsbericht d. phil.-hist. Kl., Wien, 1866, vol. xliii, p. 195. Footnote 108: Plinii, “Naturalis historia,” Lib. xxxvii, cap. 12. Footnote 109: Lean’s Collectanea, vol. ii, Pt. II, Bristol, 1903, p. 640. Footnote 110: Waver. Especially interesting as all amber changes in time. Footnote 111: Plinii, “Naturalis historia,” Lib. xxxvii, cap. 11. Footnote 112: Plinii, “Naturalis historia,” Lib. xxxvii, cap. 12. Footnote 113: Severus Sammonicus, “Preceptes médicaux,” text and French trans. by L. Baudet, Paris, 1845, pp. 84, 85. Footnote 114: King, “Natural History of Precious Stones,” etc., London, 1865, p. 334, note. Footnote 115: Raumer, “Historisches Taschenbuch,” I Ser., vol. vi, Leipzig, 1835, p. 366. Footnote 116: Pyle, “The Therapeusis of Precious Stones,” in his “Medicine,” Detroit, 1897, vol. iii, p. 115. Footnote 117: Palladii, “De gentibus Indie,” ed. Bissæus, London, 1665, p. 4. Footnote 118: Martin, “Observations et théories des anciens sur les attractions et la repulsion magnétiques,” in Atti dell’ Accademia Pontefici dei Nuovi Lincei, vol. xviii, p. 18 (1864–65). Footnote 119: “Gemmarum et lapidum historia,” Lug. Bat., 1636, p. 466; Lib. II, cap. 204. Footnote 120: From Robert Norman’s “The Newe Attractive,” London, 1581. Footnote 121: Aldrovandi, “Museum metallicum,” Bononiæ, 1648, p. 566. Footnote 122: Ploss, “Das Weib,” Leipzig, 1895, vol. ii, p. 350. Footnote 123: Aldrovandi, “Museum metallicum,” Bononiæ, 1648, pp. 564, 566. Footnote 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. Footnote 125: William Jones, “Credulities Past and Present,” London, 1880, pp. 160, 161; citing “Panorama,” vol. vii. Footnote 126: D’Herbelot, “Bibliothèque Orientale,” La Haye, 1778, p. 229. Footnote 127: Rose, “Aristotle de lapidibus und Arnoldus Saxo,” in Zeitsch. für D. Alt., New Series, vol. vi. 1875. Footnote 128: Ibid., p. 358. Footnote 129: Ibid., p. 370. Footnote 130: Ibid., p. 379. Footnote 131: