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38 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [ Doc. 205.
stag formed of nothing but burnt horns (cervus ex pure cor
nubus ustis factus ?) ; a horse with an extremely long tail, and
animal skeletons. Among the anatomical subjects I saw a
human skull of very great thickness ; various kinds of stones
taken from animals and human beings; a bearded virgin ; an
infant with a great head ; a living [i. e. moving] mechanism
of the organs, nerves, and the interior muscles. Of the mineral
kingdom, large pieces of native gold in lumps, as well as in
thin leaves ; likewise native silver ; ores of all kinds of metals ;
of copper I saw crude copper ; of iron, native iron, its flowers
of various kinds ; large pieces of schist and blood-stone, and
a magnet of great power ; cobalt of most beautiful red fibres ;
the best amber of various colours, white, dendritic, with in
cisions or stripes (cum insectis), wavy, and in large pieces ;
shells of every kind. Many shells of various kinds are also in
the so-called grotto or cave. In astronomy I saw large lenses
or burning glasses, instruments [for astronomical purposes],
convex mirrors, and a large time-piece.
July 21. I departed for Prague in Bohemia , where I
arrived on the 23rd of July, after passing through only two
rather small towns, Budin and Welwarn.
July 23. I reached Prague, where I stayed at a house
or hotel, near the custom-house, [?] called Tein.
I took a walk through Prague to have a look at the
city, and went 1. To the bridge over the river Moldau, which
consists of eighteen arches ; there are statues of various kinds
upon it, and at both ends towers where the balls fired by the
Swedes in 1648 are still visible. I visited the cathedral of
St. Vitus where I saw the tomb of the martyr Sobieslaw, on
each side of which is a silver altar ; over the tomb are silver
lamps, and above them a heart of wrought gold ; there is also
another altar on the side of pure gold. Around the altar is
an immense number of sacrificial gifts or offerings of silver;
such as hearts, feet, urns, and a thousand other objects. Out
side the church a tower, by no means inconsiderable, may be
seen, and a painting, which occupies almost a whole side, and,
although it has been exposed to the rain for ten years, is
still uninjured. I have not yet succeeded in seeing the chapel
of St. Wenceslaus and the relics. 3. I entered the archbishop’s
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