go CE C O N O M Y. 



places. Thus the fpring, the morning, and 

 youth are proper for generation ; the fummer, 

 noon, and manhood are proper for preferva- 

 tion ; and autumn, evening, and old age arc 

 not unfitly likened to deftrudtion. 



§• 3- 



The foffil kiiigdom* 



Propagation. 

 It is agreed on all hands, that ftones arc 

 notorganical bodies, like plants, and animals; 

 and therefore it is as clear that they are not 

 produced from an egg, like the tribes of the 

 other kingdoms. Hence the variety of foflils 

 is proportionate to the different combinations 

 of coalefcent particles, and hence the fpecies 

 in the fglTil kingdom are not fo dillind, as 

 in the other two. Hence alfo the laws of ge- 

 neration in relation to foiTds have been in all 

 ages extremely difficult to explain ; and laflly 

 hence have arifen fb many different opinions 

 about them, that it would be endlefs to enu* 

 merate them all. We therefore for the prefent 

 will content ourfelves with giving a very few 

 obfervations on this fubjedl. 



Thar 



