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and is yifible in inftances to which hum^n pow- 

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moll ancient inhabitants of the globe, of which 

 the remains are preferved in the (Irata them- 

 felves, we find in the fliells and corals of a for- 



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thofe which exill in the pref< 



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pt in a few indances, are the fame, but fob- 



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and other arp:illaceous ft 



feldora be exactly recognifed ; and even the in- 

 feds included in amber, are different from thofe 

 of the countries in which the amber is found. 



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taken place in the qualities and habits of the ani- 



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as thofe in their 



flrudure and external form, we can have no rea- 



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fon to wonderif it fhould appear, that fome have 

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power of living in a different climate, of end 



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fubfifting on different kinds of food, may very 



Dmpanied the other changes. 



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confined to the fouthern parts of Afia, another 

 may have been able to endure the feverer cli- 

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