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can by no means allow, in regard that moft of them 

 are as irregular as thofe Stones are that have fallen to 

 the Valleys j we muft then allow them to be the Skele- 

 ton of the Hill expofed to open view by Rains, Snow, 

 &c. but then how came they to lie acrofs each others 

 in this Confufion, fome of them being of an oblong 

 flat Form ^ having their two ends, ex. gr. E. and 

 others laid athwart thefe* fome of them laid flat, but 

 many of them inclining being , fupported by other 

 Stones at the one end , &c. I muft confefs I have 

 feen nothing that appear'd to me fo ftrange as this in 

 all thofe Mountains. Had they been in a Valley I had 

 prefently concluded they had fallen from, the Neigh- 

 bouring Rocks, but^being on the very fummit of the 

 Hill they feem to me unaccountable. I know it might 

 ferve to confirm Dr. i^r/^/'sHypothefis, but for my 

 part t ho' I admire his Learning and Ingenuity, yet I 

 muft confefs I cannot (as yet) reconcile his Opini- 

 ons either to Scripture or Reafon* tho' I have not 

 feen either of thofe Books that are written againft 

 him. The other Obfervation is not fo unaccountable 

 as it is Angular, and in fome refpe£fcs oppofite to the 

 former, viz. on the N. W. fide of the fame Hill there 

 is, amongft many others, one naked Precipice , as 

 fteep as any I have feen \ but fo adorn'd with nume- 

 rous equidiftant Pillar and thefe again (lightly crofFed 

 at certain Joints, that iliould Dr. Burnet fee it, I be- 

 lieve he would fay it is one fmall Pattern of the 

 Frame of the Antediluvian Earthy I muft confefs I 

 admir'd it almoft as much as he does (Ufa 1. c. p.) 

 his Precipice by the Mediterranean Sea> to which^ 

 after a long Encomium , he fays^ Vale Augujia fedes 

 rege digna y &c. though I muft grant that the Shep- 

 herd) who was my Guide, was far from wifhing him- 

 felf a Manfion at this Palace, 

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