Part I. of the Earth. 



the Sea, and other Accidents of thefe 

 Bodies, that I fliall fliew 



That they were not brought from 

 Sea to the Parts where they are now 

 found, by Men , the ancient Inhabi- 

 tants of thofe Farts, as fome Authors 

 have been of Opinion ; they prefiiming 

 that thefe Shells were at firil only flung 

 out upon the Surface of the Eartli;, and 

 that thole w^hich vjq now find buried 

 in it, w^ere, in traft of time, covered, 

 either by thatTerreftrial Matter wliich 

 falls down along w^th rain, or by the 

 Earth which is wafn'd from oil the 

 Hills by Land floods. 



That they were not carry 'd together 

 with the Water, which fome fuppofe 

 to pafs continually from tlje bottom of 

 the Sea, to the Heads of Springs and 

 Rivers, through certain fubterranean 

 Conduits or Chanels, until] they were 

 by fome Glut, Stop, or other means 

 arrefled in their Paiiage, and fo detain- 

 ed in the Bowels of the Earthy as 

 others have rather inclined to believe. 



lhat thtj^ were not born forth of 

 the Sea, and laid upon the Land by 

 particular Inundations; fuch as were 

 the Qgygean y the Deucdwntan ^ and 

 Others of freflher date: fiich as are 



thofe 



