a kind of metal, of which the Caribbes, or natives of the Lesser Antilles, make a sort of ornament in the form of a crescent, which they also call caracoli.

This metal comes from the main land; and the common opinion is, that it is a compound of silver, copper, and gold, something like the Corinthian bras among the ancients. These metals are so perfectly mixed and incorporated together, that the compound which results from them, it is said, has a colour that never alters, how long forever it remains in the sea, or under ground. It is something brittle, and they who work at it, are obliged to mix a large proportion of gold with it, to make the compound more tough and malleable.