Note 179 — Chapter XII · THE STONE OF HERCULES.
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Incidental suppositions are scattered through various works. See Lavinius Lemnius, De Occult. Nat. Mir., 1. i. c. iii.; Buffon; J. de Pineda, De Rege Salomone; Fortuesto, William Cook, Stukely, &c. I do not include Sir William Bethune; the grounds of his supposition are so preposterous. It is from the supposed resemblance of a vessel to the compass actually in use that Sir W. Bethune starts. See the practical exposure as given in Dennis’s Etruria, vol. ii. p. 105.