of the Earth;. 



Hiftory, with fbme of the Reafbns 

 and Grounds of theoi, in order to give 

 Ibmewhat of prefent /Satisfafliori to 

 the Curiofity and Demands of fbme of 

 my Friends. 



The Obfervations I fpeak of were 

 all made in Engknd^^ the far greateft 

 part whereof I travelled over on pur- 

 pofe to make them : profefledly fearch- 

 ing all places as I pafsM along, and 

 taking a careful and exa£l view of 

 Things on all hands as they preiented^ 

 in order to inform my f elf of the pre- 

 fent condition of the Earth , and all 

 Bodies contained in it, as far as either 

 Grotto's, or other Natural Caverns, 

 or Mines, Quarries, Colepits, and the 

 like, let me into it, and difplayed to 

 fight the interiour Parts of it 5 not ne- 

 glefting, in the mean time, the exte- 

 riour or furface, and fijch ProduQions 

 of it as any where occurred, Plants, 

 Infefts, Sea, Pviver, and Land Shells ; 

 and, in a word, whatever either the 

 Vegetable or Animal World afforded. 



Nor did I confine thele Obfervations 

 to Land, or the Terrcdrial Parts of the 

 Globe only, but extended them to the 

 Fluids of it like wife 5 as weU thofe 

 within it, the Water of Mines, of 



B 2 Grot- 



