Part L of the Earth. 



hot allowable in a Treatife of this Ma- 

 ture ; wherefore I fhall conclude^ after 

 I have performed my Promife of dis- 

 covering what it was which kd the 

 iincient Hiftorians, Geographers, and 

 others, fb generally into a belief of 

 thele frequent Changes betwixt Sea 

 and Land ; and 'twas this. 



They obferved, almoft whei-evdr 

 they caft their eyes, vaft multitudes 

 of Sea-fhells, at Land, in their Fields, 

 and even at very great diftance from 

 any Sea. This, Eratafthems^ Herodo-- 

 tusy XaMm Lydus^ Strabo^ Faufanias^ 

 Vom^omHsMtUy TheophraJltiSy Strata the 

 Philofbpher, Plutarch^ and others of 

 them affure us. They found fhem upon 

 the Hills, as Well as in the Valleys and 

 Plains : they obferved that they werfe 

 immerfed in the Mafi of the Stone of 

 their Rocks, Quarries, and Minesj^ m 

 the fame manner as they are it this 

 day found in ^11 known Parts of th^ 



Nay in thole Elder Times, and 

 which were fb much nearer to the De- 

 luge than ours are, they found thefe 

 Marine Bodies more fi'eqCiently, and 

 in much greater plenty than we now 



J affd moil, if riot all of thera^ frefli, 



F entire^' 



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