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of the Mafs where there happened to 

 be any confiderable quantity of Chalkj 

 or other Matter lighter than Stone ; 

 but where there was ^o/^e^ the faid 

 Shells fell upon, or near Unto, the 

 Surface : and that accordingly we now 

 find the lighter kinds of Shells, fuch 

 as thofe of the Echwij and the like, 

 very plentifully in Chalk, but of the 

 heavier kinds fcarcely one ever appears; 

 thefe fubfiding fboner, and fo ftctling 

 deeper , and beneath the Strata of 

 Chalk. That Humane Bodies, the 

 Bodies of Quadrupeds, and other Land- 

 Animals, of Birds, of Fifhes, both of 

 the Cartilaginous, Squamofe, and Cru- 

 ftaceous kinds; the Bones, Teeth 

 Horns, and other parts of Beafts, and 

 ofFiflhes: the Shells of Land- Snails : 

 and the Shells of thofe River and Sea 

 Shell- Fifh that were lighter than Chalk 

 &c. Trees, Shrubs, and all other Ve- 

 getables, and the Seeds of them: and 

 that peculiar Terreftrial Matter where- 

 of thefe confifl:, and out of vi^hich they 

 are all formed ; I fay all thele ( except 

 fbme Mineral or Metallick Matter 

 happened to have been afBxM to any 

 of them ^, whilH: they were fuftained "^^'--"-^ 

 together in the Water, fo as to aug-^'''^'^ ^ 



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