V5 8 The Natural tiiftory Rrt VL 



their Creation, very liberal and exteo- 

 five 5 and it had effeO: with a Witncls. 

 A Man that does but behold the migh- 

 ty Sholes of Shells, to take them for 

 an Inftancc, that are ftill remaining, 

 and that lye bedded and cumulated 

 in many places heap upon heap, a- 

 mongft the ordinary Matter of the 

 Earth, will fcarcely be able to believe 

 his Eyes, or conceive which way thefe 

 could ever live or fubfift one by ano- 

 ther. But yet fubfift they did : and, 

 as they themfelves teftifie, well too; 

 an Argument that that Earth did not 

 deal out their Nourifhment with an 

 over-fparing or illiberal Hand. 



That thele Productions of the Ortgi- 

 nal Earthy differ not from thofe of the 

 Vrefenty either in Figure, in Magni- 

 tude, in Texture, or any other refpefl;, 

 is eafily learn'd by comparing of them. 

 The exaO: Jgretment betwixt the Mn- 

 " Pag. 22, rme Bodies I have fliewn already : 



"SenA^ii ^^^^ ^" P^^^^ fame of 



12, 0 f^i^, the Terrelfrial ones. 



a5 & vi. as there were fuch great Nura- 



bers of Animals and Vegetables in the 

 Primitive Earth, fo that there were 

 alio Metalls and Mineralsy and thefe in 

 no lefs plenty than in ours, is very 



clear 



