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folid Body^ which kept the matter <>f the 
Beds from falling afunder. 
4. At what time there Was formed 
any Bed, the matter incumbent on it was 
all fluid, and by confequence, when the 
ioweft Bed was laid, none of the upper 
Beds was extant. 
Touching the Figure, 
•Tis certain, that, when any Bed was 
formed, its inferior furface, and that of 
its fidesjdid anfwer to the furfaces of the 
inferior Body and of the Bodies lateral 5 
but the fuperior furface was, as far as 
was poflible, parallel td the Horizon: 
So that all Beds, except the Ioweft, were 
contained in two plains parallel to the 
Horizon. Hence it follows, that Beds, 
either perpendicular to the Horizpn, or 
inclined to it, have been at another time 
parallel to the fame. 
Nor is it repugnant to what we have 
faid, that the Scimation of the Beds is 
changed, and that their fides are bare, as 
ill many places they may now be feen ^ 
becaufe near thofe places there are ma- 
nifeft tokens of Fires and Waters. For, 
as 
