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befides many other Places. They are fup- 

 pofed to have been either left at the uni- 

 verfal Deluge, or elfe that the Sea, which 

 wa^ formerly more extenfive than it is 

 now, left thofe Rehdis behind it, on its 

 being confined to narro\ver Bounds. 



The folTil Shells are ranked under the 

 following Titles. 



CochliteSy Spiral or Snail Shells of various 

 Kinds; fome of the Specimens have the 

 Shell entire, others are encrufted with a 

 ftony Subftance, or quite petrified and 

 among them are fome Cafts of Stone 

 formed in the Shell of a large Nautilus, 

 which has fince perifhed, no Remains be- 

 ing left. 



Ammonita^ Cornua Ammonis^ the Horns 

 of Jupiter Ammon. They are generally 

 called Snake-ftones, and are found in moft 

 Parts of the Earth, but in England fineft, 

 and mofl perfe6t. The Size of them is. 

 various, from a Quarter of an Inch to 

 more than two Feet in Diameter, buc 

 rarely fo large. It is a Matter of Sur- 



prize^ 



