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Gould never hav6 been Shells. Thefe, fays he, are made 
of Mud condenftd in Shells, which were the Molds in 
which thefe Stones were formed : and therefore we need 
not be at! a lofs to conceive how rhefe Stones fliould ever 
contain? a^ Anicnal within them, fince they took the 
place of the Animal that was wafted away, whiJft they 
were only liquid Pafte, which hardning afterwards would 
retain their Form, when the Cruft that covered them, 
and that gave them iheir fliape, was mouldred away. 
And whereas it was further objefted, that great quan- 
tities cf Shells are found in Malta^ which are foreign to 
thoft Seas : That ( fays he) is of no force, fince it is 
well known that every South- Eaflerly and Eafterly Wind 
throws whole Boat-loads of beautiful Shells upon the 
Cdahrian Coaft, none of which kind of Shell-Filh are 
ever taken by Fiftiermen upon thofe Seas. 
Now he comes to particulars. He begins with the 
Lapides BufonttiB^ which he proves to be the true 
Grinders of the Sargus De^tex and Aurata, and other 
F'iflies of that Tribe, which have round Denies Molar esy 
to grind the Shells that they find at the bottom of the 
Sea:, that they may come atthe Flefli upon w hich they 
live. Now to make this beyond conteft, he produces 
the natural Jaw-bones of thefe Fifhes, with their Teeth 
within them ; and compares thofe Teeth with the Bufo- 
nit(B^ of which there are as many forts, as there are 
fpecies of Fifties, which have round, hard Javi'-Teeth. {a). 
:jv The great Numbers; of Glo£ope(ras;imi to him from 
Malta, fome intire, fome corroded at the Root which 
never had a Cruft over it,fome bruifed,rome whole^doas 
plainly fliew their Original as the.-g///^?^/^ did before 
For upon comparing he finds that they are not fo much 
very like to, as tho T/^ry T^w with the Teeth of , Sharks 
and other Fifties of the Dog-kind. Nay he appeals to the 
Senfes of all Mankind, whether great Nunjbers of Tejla^ 
t§om, SuhJlan€^Sj th^t he is ready to prcdt^ce^^ ts^keji out 
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