10 ACCOUNT OF PETRIFACTIONS &c. 



origin ; nor had any liglit been afforded, that cpuW lead to any conclusion, 

 whei-eby the period of time in which the petrified trees had been in that 

 ^tat^, or ill, their progress of transmutation from wood to stone, could be 

 gspiert^ined. It is. rem^rkabk;,^ th%t ther.^ireymstance having been ki^pwn 

 to the bramins for such a length of time, tjiey sljquld ha^^ omitted to 

 ascribe it to the influence of some supernatural agent, whose presencei 

 would have enhanced the san^itj, and promoted the emoluments of their 

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