of the Earth. 



where : in all Countries and Quarters 

 bf the Globe, wherever there is any- 

 digging for Marble, for Stone, for 

 Chalk, or any other Terreftrial Mat- 

 ter that is fb compaft as to fence off 

 external Injuries, and fhieid them froni 

 Decay and Rottennefs. JM^ together 

 with their being lodged in company 

 of the Belemnites, Selenites, Mar- 

 chafits , FUnts , and other like Bo- 

 dies, which were inconteftibly na- 

 tural Foffils, and, as they luppoled, 

 in the place of their formation^ was 

 eilough to ftagger a Spectator, and 

 make him ready to entertain a belief 

 that thefe wefe fo too. 'Tis a Phcemme-^ 

 non fb fiir prizing and extraordinary^ 

 that 'tis riot ftrange that a Man fhould 

 fcarcely credit his very Senfes in the 

 cafe : that he fhould more readily in- 

 cline to believe that they were Minerals, 

 as the Belemnites, and the others re- 

 cited, are : or indeed almoft any thing 

 elie rather than Sea-flieliss efpecially 

 in fuch Multitudes, and in places fa 

 unlikely : fb deep in the Earth, and 

 far from the Sea, as thefe are common- 

 ly found. 



Nor was thil, as indeed they tell 

 OSi the onfy difficiilty thefe worthy 



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