the Name imports Earth Worm Stones, 

 upon a Suppoiition, that thefe fofTil Ho- 

 neycombs, and all the other Kinds of 

 Stones having regular fmall Cavities, 

 both round and ftellated, like the fubma- 

 rine Corals, might be formed by Earth 

 Worms, which working many Paflages 

 through the Matter whereof the Stone 

 was afterwards formed, occafions thofe 

 Diverfifications in the Strudure of them. 

 But this is far from the Truth •, for, was 

 it fo, all the Perforations would be round, 

 or at leaft approaching to a circular Fi- 

 gure ; whereas many of them are ftella- 

 ted ; and there could not be that Regu- 

 larity in the Pofition of the Cavities, as is 

 to be obferved in thefe Stones, fmcc it is not 

 to be fuppofed, that Worms make their 

 PalTages in the Earth at any fixed Di- 

 ftance one from the other. Thefe Kind 

 of Stones are generally found in the 

 Clay Pits both here and abroad. 



Our next Attention is claimed by a 

 great Number of foffil Shells, which are 



preferved 



