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feas or fliores, whereas they confifl chiefly of thofe called pdag r a 

 -which inhabit the greateft depths.* 



With refpecfl to the eaftern and wefl;ern declivities, Mr. 

 Bergman's account of the origin of their inequality agrees ex- 

 adly with mine, 2.. Bergm. Erdeklotet § 183 and 187, but he 

 fails in accounting for the inequality of the northern and 

 fouthern, for he fuppofes the courfe of the waters to tend equally 

 from both poles towards the Equator which would render the 

 depofitions equal on both fides, which is contrary to obfervation. 



* 2. Beigm. Erdekugcl, p. 3 15. 



