The Natural Hijiory 



PART I. 



Jn Examination of the Opinions of 

 former Writers on this SuhjeEi, 

 The Means whereby they thought 

 thefe Marine Bodies brought out 

 upon the Earth, Of certain 

 Changes of Sea and Land^ and 

 other Alterations in the Terra- 

 queous Globe J which they fuppofe 

 to have happened. 



TH I S fb confideraMe a point be- 

 ing thus gained : the Legitima- 

 cy or Reality of thefe Marine Bodies 

 vindicated and aflerted ; and my Way 

 fo far cffedually cleared by the fore- 

 going Differtation; I now re-affume 

 my original Defign, and pais on to 

 enquire by what means they were hur- 

 ried out of the Ocean , the place of 

 their native Abode, to dry Land, and 



even 



