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The Place where, and the Manner howi thefe 
Bones were difcovered, are Particulars fo well defend- 
ing Confideration, that I fhall make no Apology for 
relating them. 
A little Town, called Munjley , is Ptuated clofe to 
the Sea-fhore, on the North- eaft Coaft of the County 
of Norfolky where the Sea is bounded by exceeding 
high rocky Cliffs: Some whereof being gradually 
undermined by the continual Dafhing of the Waves 
when the Tide comes in, great Pieces frequently 
tumble down upon the Shore: And by the tum- 
bling down of one of thefe the above mentioned 
Bones and Grinder were difcovered. 
Here therefore can be little Reafon for imagining 
(as I know fome have done, when fuch-like Bones 
have been found in more inland Counties), that the 
Romans brought Elephants over hither; which, when 
dead, they buried deep in the Earth, to prevent their 
becoming offenfive : For they could never think of 
burying fuch a Carcafe in a rocky Cliff, clofe to, or 
perhaps over-hanging, the Sea. - — But, on the con- 
trary, this Difcovery feems a convincing Demonftra- 
tion, that the Earth has undergone fome very extra- 
ordinary Alterations: For the Remains of Animals, 
of quite different Climates and Regions, and of Kinds, 
which, in the prefent Situation of the World, could 
never polfibly come over hither, mu ft either imply 
their having been placed here by Providence, origi- 
ginally, or, that this Ifland mud, heretofore, have 
been contiguous to the Continent : Bur, fince we find 
thefe Creatures in very hot Countries only, it is 
highly probable they were never placed here by 
Providence j unlefs we can fuppofe the Temperature 
