of the Earth. 



of the Mai^ : thefe are as quiet, and 

 free from Commotion in the midft of 

 ftorms, as in the greateft calm ; fb 

 that the Shell-fiih, which are refident 

 in thefe places, live and dye there, and 

 are ?^ever diflodged or removed by 

 ftorms, nor caft upon the Shores , 

 which the Littorales ufually are. When 

 therefore I fhall have proved more at 

 large, that thole which we find at 

 Land, that are not matchable with 

 any upon our Shores , are many of 

 them of thofe very kinds which the 

 forecited Relations particularly affure 

 us are found no where but in the deep- 

 er parts of the Sea : and that as well 

 thofe which we can match, as thofe 

 we cannot, are all Remains of the uni- 

 verfal Deluge, when the Water of the 

 Ocean, being boifteroufly turned out 

 upon the Earth, bore along with it, 

 Fifhes of all forts, Shells, and the like 

 moveable Bodies, which it left behind 

 at its return back again to its Chanel, 

 it will not, I prefiime, be thought 

 ftrange, that amongft the reft, it left 

 ibme of the PeUgU^ or thofe kinds of 

 Shells which naturally have their abode 

 at main-fea, and which therefore are 

 now never flung up upon the Shores: 



