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MINERAL KINGDOM. 



SECTION I. 



P?,^^HE Mineral Kingdom contains all 



k. M thofe bodies which have been formed 



S SL under the furface of our earth, whe- 



jqpL J ther at the firft creation, or any other 

 $L3k i^Ji t | me ^ nce t j iat p er j oc j. anc j wn ich 



are flill daily produced from their original or pri- 

 mary principles, being deftitute of feed, life, or 

 any circulation of fluids *, 



* The limits between the three acknowledged kint*dom.3 



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of Nature are almoft impofiible to be afcertained ; whence 

 a'rifes the difficulty of giving any true definition of them : 

 and indeed it may be quefVioned, whether any fuch definition 

 can take place, when we become fo far advanced in know- 

 ledge, as to fee clearly the dependence and connexion of all 

 natural bodies into one regular Chain or Syftem. 



However, at prefcnt, it is neceffary that the feveral parts 

 of Natural Kifto/y lhculd be treated of fepara'.eiy j and as thdr 



B whole 



