OF THE ISLE OF CERIGO. Ill 



in circumference, rifes with a fteep afcent, and its fur- 

 face as well as its interior, as far as it has yet been peiro^ 

 rated, is compofed of bones, which are not calcined, 

 but are completely petrified. They are as heavy and 

 as hard as ftone, and the hollows of them are filled 

 with hardened earth, which is frequently feen changed 

 into a fpat-cryftal of curious and elegant forms. 



In fine, the obfervations of the abbe Spallanzani which 

 are publifhed in the third volume of the Memorie dl 

 matematica e fhlca della Societa Italiana, at Verona, 

 fupply us with a frefh demonftration, that the great 

 revolutions that are perceptible in and upon the earth 

 have been effected alternately by fire and water. 



OF THE. MORAL CHARACTER OP THE LAST 

 GENERAL OF THE JESUITS. 



T. 

 HE plan of the republic of the jefuits was fo con- 

 trived, that it arofe to the fupr.eme degree of power, 

 and was incapable of being deflroyed but by itfelf. 

 They had actually brought it to fuch a pitch, that the 

 mightiefr. monarchs were obedient to their nod. All, 

 from the menial fervant to the prime minifter, were 

 their creatures, and acted by their impulfe. They 

 drew the out-lines of the greater! projects, and theexe-' 

 cution or the defeat of them was always in their hands. 

 Wars and peace among the nations depended on their 

 will. In the church, their towering head afcepded to 

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