( 9^6 ) 
Secondly, By the Teeth themfelves, for if you Gonjparc 
the Icons given by Mr Sommr^ with the Defcriptions of 
Dr Mtillins ( in the aforefaid Anatomy, p. 40. ) you will 
find them the* very fame, as to breadt^li and depth, &c. and 
their being M<?/^rei-^ for, fliys the Dr, thefe eight (which 
were all the Elephant had beiides the two Tuflies) were 
Molures, for he had no Incifores. 
Thirdly and laftly, to folve that great difficulty (which 
obliged this Gentleman to imagine this Down Jo iiave been 
an ififtaary.that his H/ppopot'^m/^s might therein dig icsfblf 
a Grave, other wile how ftiould thefe Bones be tound at 
fiich a depth > for who with reafon (fays Mr Sowmr) can 
imagine, thai any Land Creature could ever have had (at 
lirft) To deep a bariai : This indeed v>^ou!d have been an 
tier ad can Labour. 
' But 'tis eaiily explained why thefe Bon.es fhould at this 
day be found at fuch depths, if weconfider the Alteration 
or rifing of the Valleys, by the continual waftiing do wn of 
the looie Earth or Soyl bythe llains and Snows irom the 
adjacent Hilis, and by theannualrollings of the Grafs-.Sedge, 
&c. growing upon it : for proof of which take the fol- 
lowing iaftance from Dr Flott's Nat. Hift. of Staffordjlnre^ 
Chap. vi. p. 48. p. 220. fpeaking of a Mofs, &c, wherein 
there v/as found a Lump of Goyns of Edward IV. of^ En^ 
gland (fuppofed to be loft in a Parfe or Cloath, nov/ rot- 
ted awayj at 18 foot deep, which being about 200 x-ears 
(ince. (that is, when they were toundj whoever pleafes to 
compute it, will find this Mcft grew about one foot in ii 
years, or one inch per annum zni -^'^ prpxime. Di verfe other 
inftances of Alteration are mentioned in the fame Hiftory, 
as in Chap. 3. par. Ji, 12- and Ch.6. par. 45 , 465 47, 48,c^r. 
Now it will be cafily granted, that if this Mofs grew cr^ 
advanced iifelf above its fcrnier furtace 18 foot in 200 
years, then this Vaie or Down might advance ztfelf 17 foo 
in almoft 1700 years. 
chejhr^ Sept* 15. 1701* 
