of the Earth. 



the marine ones, ex.gr. they Ibmetimes 

 grow to one another, the lefler Shells 

 being fixM to the larger : they have 

 Balanij Tuhuli vermicuUres , Pearls, 

 Coral, and the like, //// aftually grow- 

 ing upon them. And which is very 

 confiderable, they are mofl: exadly of 

 the fame fpecifick Gravity with their 

 fellow-kinds now upon the fliores.Nay 

 farther, they anfwer all Chymical try- 

 als in like manner as the Sea-fhells do: 

 their parts when diffolved have the 

 lame appearance to view^the famefmell 

 and tafte : they have the lame vires 

 and efFeds in Medicine, when inward- 

 ly adminiftrated to Animal Bodies: 

 Aqua fortisj Oyl of Vitriol, and other 

 like Menftrua^ have the very lame ef- 

 fects upon both. In one word, fb ex- 

 actly conformable to the marine ones 

 are thele Shells, Teeth, and Bones, 

 which are digged up out of the Earth, 

 that though feveral Hundreds of them, 

 which 1 now keep by me, have been 

 nicely and critically examined by very 

 many Learned Men, who are skilled 

 in all parts of Natural Hiftory, and 

 who have been particularly curious in, 

 and converlant with. Shells, and other 

 marine Produdions , yet never any 



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