1^2 the Natural Biftory Part lY. 



Sparry Particles as they lay difperfedly 

 fftingled w ith the Sand, or ot^ier Mat- 

 ter whereof thofe Strata confift, and 

 bearing them on with it to the faid 

 Intervalls; where ilTuing leifurely out 

 of the Strata^ and having now free paf^ 

 lage, it defert^ thefe Particles, falling 

 down from the tops and fides of the 

 Grotto's, to which the Particles affix- 

 ing by little and little, incriift them 

 over with a Sparry Cover, and alfo 

 from thefe Stdld^it£y frpni which the 

 Water is continually falling and diftil- 

 ling drop by drop ; which gave occa- 

 fion to that Miftake of thofe who fup- 

 pofe thefe Bodies to be only Water pe- 

 trified, as they fpealt, ot converted 

 into thefe Sparry or Stony Iceycles, 

 in the fame manner as it is by Froft 

 congealed into the Icy ones which hang 

 down from the Eaves of Houfes, from 

 Pipes, or other conveyances of Water. 

 That the Iro^ , and other metallick 

 StalaSfitie : the Alumimii^y and the 

 Fstriolick Stala^ita : the Sdli;^e ones^ 

 or thofe which confift of common Salt, 

 and all others^ are found fufpended in 

 the fame manner , and their Matter 

 conduced out of the Strata to theii^ 

 FifTures by the fame means* 



That 



