56 Mifcelldnea Curiofa. 



ing the tides • His Words are, Denjitas L'unce eft 

 &d derifuatem Terra nt 680 ad 387 feu 9 

 quampoximL Eft igitur corf us Lunce denfius ac 

 tnagis terreftre quam Terra noftra^ p. 466. Now 

 if the Mcon be more (olid than the Earth, as 9 to 

 why may we not reafonably fuppofe the Moon, 

 being a fmall Body, and a fecondary Planet, to 

 be folid Earth, Water, Stone, and this Globe to 

 confift of the fame Materials, only four Ninths 

 thereof to be Cavity, within and between the 

 Internal Spheres which I would render not im- 

 probable. 



To thole that (hall enquire of what ufe thefe 

 included Globes can be, it muft be allow'd, 

 that they can be of very little fervice to the In- 

 habitants of this outward World, nor can the 

 Sun be ferviceable to them, either with his 

 Light or Heat. But fince it is now taken for 

 granted, that the Earth is one of the Planets, 

 and they all are with Reafbn fuppos'd Habitable, 

 though we are not able to define by what fort 

 of Animals ; and fince we fee all the parts of 

 the Creation abound with Animate Beings, as 

 the Air with Birds and Flies, the Water with 

 the numerous varieties of Fifh, and the very 

 Earth with Reptiles of fo many forts ; all 

 v/hofe ways of Living would be to us incredible 

 did not daily Experience teach us. Why then 

 fhould we think it ftrange that the prodigious 

 Mais of Matter, whereof this Globe does con- 

 fift, mould be capable of fbme pther improve- 

 ment than barely to ferve to fupport its Sur- 

 face ? Why may not we rather fuppofe that the 

 exceeding fmall quantity of folid Matter, in rer 

 fpecl: of the fluid iEther, is fo difpos'd by the 

 Almighty Wifciom, as to yield as great a Sur- 

 face for the ufe of jiving Creatures, as can con- 



