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through, which (when wrought and polilh'd fine) is 
not much inferior to Ebony. This Wood doth not e- 
mit the fame fmell when burnt, with that called Firr- 
wood; therefore I.hope the fmell of that Wood will 
not be attributed to the Bituminous parts of the Earth 
in which it hath lain. About Sixty or Seventy Years 
ago , (everal Dutch Men undertook to dreyn a large 
Marfti in that place ; and in cutting a Channel in the 
dry Ground betwixt the Fen and the River. At the 
firft threw up a rich and firm Soil, afterwards they met 
with a Stratum of Sand, under that a Stratum of Bog- 
gy Ground, in which they found of theft Subterrane- 
ous Trees, and under that firm Ground ; and'as a Gen- 
tleman attefted to me, who had it from (everal Perfbns 
then living , that were Eye-witnefles , that the firm 
Ground in fome places lay ridge and furrow. There 
are feveral of thefe Roots of Trees to be ften in the 
Channel at low Water, to this day. That thefe Trees 
are Natives of this place, and not brought hither by a 
Foreign Deluge, I prefumealmoftdemonftrable, though 
now there are neither Firr nor Pine growing naturally 
here, nor have been in the Memory of any Man,- 
neither dcth there remain any Tradition of the growth 
of fuch. The place (where thefe Trees are found) is 
a long flat on the one fide, bounded by the (raging) 
River Humher, which often breaks its Banks. Nigh 
this place the Dnn empties itfelf into the River Hum- 
ler. . 
II. Tart 
