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ing them into mountains, and carrying other 

 parts which have lain high into the fea ; fo that 

 in many places we find buried, in high moun- 

 tains far inland, fubftances which received their 

 firfl: formation in the fea, and in fome low 

 grounds, deep buried near the fea, we find 

 many things that received their firft forms in 

 the mountains. It is probable fome of thefe 

 great revolutions might be fo wide fpread at 

 once, as utterly to extinguiili fome animals that 

 v>/ere in God's original creation of this world. 



îf v/e confider the beautiful parts of nature, 

 fo far as they charm the fight by the luftre and 

 variety of colours, and the finenefs of the tex- 

 ture of parts, I think many will agree, that the 

 fine things produced may charm the eye, as 

 much as the moïk ftudied and harmonious com- 

 poficions in mufic can charm the ear. But it is 

 common to fay^, that people who have no de- 

 light in rnufic, have no ear : And I think, we 

 may as juftly fay of thofe, who are not 

 moved to admiration when the beauties of .na- 

 ture prefent themfelves, that they want eyes. 

 Whether or not nature defigned the beautiful 



forms 



