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Diſcovered near Lynn in Norfolk.
In Norfolk near the Town of Lynn, in a Field which an ancient Tradition of the Country affirms to have been once a deep Lake or Meer, and which appears from authentic Records to have been called, about Two hundred Years ago, Palus, or the Marſh, was diſcovered not long ſince a large ſquare Stone, which is found upon an exact Inſpection to be a kind of coarſe Marble, of a Subſtance not firm enough to admit of being poliſhed, yet harder than our common Quarries afford, and not eaſily; ſuſceptible of Injuries from Weather or outward Accidents.
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