Through and Through the Tropics: Thirty Thousand Miles of Travel in Oceanica, Australasia, and India

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Harper & brothers, 1876 - Australasia - 304 pages
 

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Page 209 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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