t 51 3 
t£c. giving it all the Properties of Stone : In fome 
Places the Earth effects the fame Thing, on what¬ 
ever is buried in it. 
In the two large Tables are a very curious Col- 
lettion of foffil Shells, figured Foffils, natural and 
fimple Foffils, and particularly of Minerals: I fhall 
not take up much of the Reader’s Time in mak ; ng 
any long Remarks on thefe Articles. With refpecb 
to the figured Foffils and foffil Shells, I fhall treat 
of them more at large, when I come to that Part 
of the Sloanian Colledion, as the foffil Shells may 
there be compared with thofe that are recent; with 
refpeft to the Minerals and fimple Foffils, they 
have already been noticed Page 36. 
In the firft Table I fhall begin with a few Re¬ 
marks on the foffil Shells and figured Foffils with 
which it is filled. 
Anomte. Thefe are a Kind of foffil Shell, very 
frequently found in that State, but feldom recent, 
and fcarely ever perfect. They referable a Cockle, 
but are beaked. 
Oftracites , petrified Oyflers of difterent'Kinds. 
PeEHnites. Under this Title are various foffii 
fcollop Shells. 
Ammonite, Snake-ftones, frequently found in 
England and elfewhere, in the petrified State; but 
the recent is not yet known, fome fuppofe it to be 
the Nautilus. 
Nautiliti , Petrefaftions refembling the Nautilus. 
There is one very curious Specimen in this Collec¬ 
tion. Thefe kind of Petrefadtions are frequently 
found in the Mines in Derbyjhire . 
Belemnites , commonly called Thunderbolts in the 
Parts of England where they are found. 
Echiniles, Sea Hedgehogs or Sea Eggs, the Ca¬ 
vities of which are entirely filled with Stone. 
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