Part IV; of the Earth. i^i 



mixt : the feme Metall or Mineral lodg- 

 ed, in fbme places, in Stone in others, 

 in Cole : and in others, in Clay, Marie, 

 or any other Matter indifferently f. 

 And as we find the fame Metall or Mi- fuja!^ 

 neral lodged amongft different forts of 

 the common Terreftrial Matter, fb do 

 we, for ftill the fame reafon, alfd find 

 different kinds of Metalls and Minersils, 

 Copper, Iron, and Sulphur, Tin, 

 Lead, and Vitriol, with feveral more,^ 

 lodged all eonfufedly together in the 

 very fame fort of Terreftrial Matter || . 11 ^-f^. 



That the quantity of the Metallick jjf^j:^'^ 

 or Mineral Matter taken up into the 

 Fluid was various and uncertain : 

 there being in fbme parts little or per- 

 haps none of it : in others a very great 

 abundance. And fb we at this day 

 find it 5 in fbme places, Httle, or none : 

 in others, in fuch plenty as to exceed 

 even the ordinary Terreftrial Matter, 

 and of it felf tocompofe whole Strata^ 

 without any confiderable Admixture 

 of Sand, Clay, or other common Mat- 

 ter. Thus we fbmetimes fee whole 

 StratA compiled of Metal lick and Mine- 

 ral Pyrit£ : others of Pebles, aiid of 

 Flints, without the Interpofition of 

 gny other Matter that finer Matter 



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