( 3 6 ? ) 
would divide into Flakes, thicker or thinner as you would ; 
and in every Layer the Seed of the Rufhes was as frefh as- 
if new pull’d, fo that it was ih the Height of Seed-time 
that thofe Bones were lay’d there. The Branches of the 
Fern, in every Lay as we open’d them, were very diftin- 
guifhable, as were the Seeds of the Rufhes and the Tops 
of Boughs. The whole Matter fmelt very Tower as it was 
dug, and tracing it 1 found it 34 Foot long, and about 3o 
or zz Foot broad. 
It will be well worth confideration what fort of a Crea- 
ture this might .be, whether Human or Animal ; if Hu- 
man, there was Tome reafon for the Interrment, and for 
that Preparation of the Bed it was laid on ; if Animal, 
it was not worth the Trouble : if Human, it mult be 
larger than any Giant we read of; if Animal, it could 
be no other than an Elephant, and we do not find that 
thofe Creatures were ever the Product of this Climate. 
And confidering how long this muft have lain here, I do 
not believe the Inhabitants then had any Curiofity or 
Conveniency to bring fuch into this Kingdom ; for I fup- 
pofe the beft of their Ships could not carry one. Then if 
an Elephant, or Lome other Beaft which muff have pro- 
portion to the Teeth, it muft have lain there ever fince 
the Flood ; and if fo, then the Bed on which it lay muft » 
be of its own making: whence it will follow that the 
Flood coming on him while he lay in his Den, he was 
there drown’d, and covered with Slime or Mud, which 
fince is turn’d into the Subftance of the Earth before- 
mention d. I forgot to mention that there was a great 
many Nutfhells found about the Bed, perhaps thofe 
might have been on the Bulhes which compofed part of 
the Bed . 
The two large Teeth are of equal Weight, two Pound 
three Quarters each ; the two little Teeth are fix Ounces 
M m m each ; 
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