The Natural Hifhry 



The Refult of this was, tha|: in time 

 I was abundantly afliired, that the 

 Circumftances of thefe Ihings in re- 

 moter Countries were much the lame 

 \vith thofe of ours here : th^t the Stone, 

 and other terreftrial Matter, in France^ 

 FUnders^ Holland^ S^ainy hafyo Germ^- 

 ny^ Denmark^ Norway^ and Stvedm^ was 

 diftinguilhed into Strapa^ or Layers, 

 as it is in EngU^d : that thofe Strata 

 were divided by parallel Fiflures : that 

 there were enclofed in the Stone, and 

 all the other denfer kinds of terreftrial 

 Matter, great numbers of Shells, apd 

 other Produdions of the Sea, in the 

 fame manner as in that of this Ifland. 

 To be fhort, by the fame means I got 

 fufBcient intelligence that thefe Things 

 ,%vtxQ found in like manner in Barharyj 

 in Egy^t^ in Guinty^ and other parts of 

 iAfrka.; m ^rabia^ Syria^ Perji^^ Ma-- 

 iai?ar^ Chwa^ and other Afiatick Pro- 

 yiqces ; in Jamaica , Barbadoes^ Virgi-- 

 jih, \ New'Er/?gUnd j Braftl ^ Peru^ and 

 other Parts of America. But I referve 

 the more fartiadar Relation hereof to 

 its proper place. 



So that though my ov/n Oblervati- 

 ons were confined to England^ yet by 

 this means I v/as made acquainted with 



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