There is no silver, zinc, or platinum; but only gold, copper, tin, lead, and iron.

Gold is found in beads, ear-rings, and other ornaments, which are in some instances of a fashion that is not inelegant.

[PLATE XVI., Fig.

3.] Copper occurs pure, but is more often hardened by means of an alloy of tin, whereby it becomes bronze, and is rendered suitable for implements and weapons.
Lead is rare, occurring only in a very few specimens, as in one jar or bottle, and in what seems to be a portion of a pipe, brought by Mr.
Loftus from Mugheir.

[PLATE XVII., Fig.