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itfelf was very fmall, and in a growing State ; and 
Bj.it luch Growth could not poffibly have proceeded 
any-where but in the Sea ; and therefore thefe two 
Bodies mutt neceftarily have been in the Sea at one 
and the fame time. 
There is now but one Way more., whereby thefe 
.Shells (fuppofing the Belemnita to be "Stones Jut 
generis) could pollibly become affixed to them ; 
which is, that the Belemnita might have been by 
fome Accident thrown on the Sea-ffiore ; and that 
there the Shells might fatten themfelves to them, as 
well as to any other Stone. But as this mutt imply 
fome former Convulfion in Nature, whereby they 
were caft out of their natural Beds upon the Sea* 
fhore ; and again a fecond Convulfton to carry them 
to the Chalk-pit where they were found; fo far- 
fetched an Obje&ion will, 1 believe, carry but little 
Weight. 
To conclude, I fubmit to your Opinion, whether 
the Sides of the conic C.avity, whereto the Oyfter- 
fhell is affix’d, has moft'the Appearance of a Stone 
or of a Shell ; and remain, with the utmoft Refped, 
SIR, 
Strand, Dec. 15. 
1748 , Tour mo ft obedient and 
f 
obliged humble Servant , 
D. E. Baker, 
IV. 
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