The Natural Hiflory 



the Shells of Lobfters (which' ire hiii 

 as I f to I ) of Crabs^ (i f to i) and 

 the reft of the Cruftaneous kind : the 

 ^Teeth and Bones of the cartilaginous 

 and fquaniimofe Fifhes, and many other 

 Bodies, would fubfide laft of all, and 

 ioy falling above the reft, be lodged 

 near, if not upon the Surface ; where 

 being continually expofed to Weather, 

 and other Injuries, they muft in trafl: 

 of time needs decay and rot, and at laft 

 quite vanifti and difappear; and 'tis 

 not to me any great wonder, that at 

 this diftance of four thouland years, 

 we find fb very few of them remain-^ 

 ing. So that I think I may now fafe^ 

 ly appeal to any ingenuous and im- 

 partial Looker on, whether this, That 

 we find all thofe kinds of Shells ( novo ex-- 

 tant upon our Shores ) which have nearly 

 the fame Gravity with Stone y and tht 

 other ordinary Matter of our Earthy that 

 is fo tight and compact as to preferve 

 them^ enclofed in great plenty therein y and 

 only thofe ^ the refi which are lighter being 

 fo very rardy found^ can reafbnably be 

 fiippofed to have happened by meer 

 chance, with this Conftancy and Ger- 

 tainty^ and that in fo many and diftant 

 Places : as alfo V whether thi^ be any 



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