IV. A Letter from the Reverend Mr Morton, A. Ml 
and S.%S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, S. Seer. 
Containing a Relation of driver and other Shells 
diggd uf> y together with 'various Vegetable Do* 
dies , in a {Bituminous Marfhy Earth , near Mcars- 
Afiiby in Northamptonfhirc : With fome 
fleBions thereupon : As dfo an Account of the fro- 
grefs he has made in the Natural HiJlorj of Nor* 
thamptonlhire. 
I N obedience to your Commands, I fend you the Ac- 
count of the Land, and River Shells lately difeoverd 
by the Worthy and Inquifitive Mr Coxe of Mears-AJhby in 
Northamptonjhire, in a Moorilh Failure in Me*rt-A(hby 
Field. I vilited the place my fell, he very generoufly 
attending and affifting me. I know the Relation will be 
the more acceptable to you, and 'tis indeed of greater Re- 
gard, becaufe Land and? River Shells are fa very rarely 
met with in Digging into the Earth, in comparifon of Sea 
Shells, and the Teeth and Bones of Marine Animals § 
which indeed occur almoft every where, and in all Coun- 
tries. vTheReafon of which is now no longer a Diffi- 
culty, thefe Bodies having been Ihewn to be all Remains 
of the UniverfaL Deluge j and the Marine Shells being 
more ponderous than thofe of the Land and Rivers, 
funk and were lodgd deeper in the Earth, and fo were 
prefer? d by that means j whereas the later being left ge- 
nerally 
