of the Earth, 



Water produceth ; yet 'tis indeed very 

 true, that there are found Tome Shells 

 at Land, in Stone, and in Chalk, 

 which cannot probably be match cl by 

 any fpecies of Shells now appearing 

 upon our Shores. But notwithftand- 

 ing this, I cannot but affirm that thefe^ 

 even the moft ftrange and enormous 

 of them, have all the effential Notes 

 and Charafters of Sea-Shells^ and fliew 

 as near a relation to feme now extant 

 upon the Shores, as the different Spe- 

 cies of thofe themfelves do to one ado- 

 ther : that they are of the very fame 

 fpecifick Gravity with thofe to which 

 they are fo generically allied : and of 

 the fame Texture and Conftitution of 

 parts ; the fubftance of the/e being as 

 plainly teftaceous, as that of thofe is 5 

 infbmuch that any Man that compares 

 them, can no more doubt of the reality 

 of the om than of the other 5 whence it 

 muft needs follow, that there were fuch 

 Shell-fifh o^ce in being ; which is enough 

 for my purpole ; I being no ways con- 

 cerned to make out that there are of 

 the lame kinds fiiU aftually living in 

 the Ocean. Though if I ^^.f, 'twould 

 be no very hard task 5 it being evident 

 from the Relations of Dyvers, and 



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