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Ochres,

In their Aſcent to Tripelas, aſſume the following Names and Characters,

1. White Ochre—The Terra Melia of the Antients.

2. Yellow Ochre—The Ochra Attica of the Antients.

This takes in Bole,	and becomes,
	The Hard Ochre of the Painters.
This takes in Iron,	and becomes,
	The Pensylvanian Ochre[1].

3. Red Ochre—The Sil Atticum of the Antients.

This takes in	Spar,	and becomes,
		The Florida Ochre.
	Clay,	and becomes,
		The Red Virginian Ochre.

4+ Purple Ochre—The Terra Sinopica of the Antients.

This takes in	Cryſal, and becomes,
		The Sil Marmorosum of the Antients,
	Iron,	and becomes,
		The Ochre of Dean.

5. Brown Ochre—Umber.

This takes in	putrified Wood, and becomes,
	Cologn Earth.

6.—Green Ochre—-The Lapis Armenus of the Antients.

This takes in	white Sand, and becomes,
	The Green Ochre of Germany.

7. Black Ochre.

 

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1. There is alſo a pure yellow Ochre of Chalybeate Springs, which is the Earth of Iron.

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