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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 



11 appear, that men fee much far 



interior of 



glob 



th 



they 



aware of 



d that geologifts are reproached without reafon 



for forming theories of the earth, wh 



hey 



th 



d 



is b 



furfa 



make a few fcratches 



:e. Art indeed can do little more ; but 

 nature fupplies the deficiency, and makes difco- 

 veries to the attentive .obferver, on the fame 

 great fcale with her other operations. 



The fimpleft account that can be given of the 

 vail body of parallel and highly inclined ftrata 



jufi: mentioned, is, th 



lifts of the ends of 



horizontal ftrata, or of ftrata not greatly inclined 



that have been forced 



foft 



I 



d flexible 



p when they 



Th 



IS 



muc 



mor 



ceivable fuppofition than Pallas's, viz. that the 

 greater part of this mafs has funk down into 



fome vail caverp in the interior of the earth. 



Note 



