CHAP. 26.—STONE OF SCYROS.
In the Isle of Scyros[1] there is a stone,[2] they say, which floats
upon water when whole, but which falls to the bottom when
broken into fragments.
1. See B. iv. c. 23.
2. See B. ii. c. 106, Vol. I. p. 137, and Note 4. There is little doubt that
this was a volcanic, porous product.