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of Stones tliitHer devolved frbm the cif-’ 
cumjacent Mountains byithe impetuouf- 
nefs of Tor ten ts. So that every one, thae 
fliall but compare the condition of the 
place,and the Kind of the Bo6es with th# 
Hiftory, will find all things evidently 
agree together. 
WKatiis Taid of Aninials of vims un^ 
and their parts, futeth like- def ground, or 
wife with rums and the parts 
of Plants, whether they be 
digg’d out oi Earthen Beds, or lodged 
within ftony fubftanCes. FOr eithtr ihcy 
do altogether refemble.true Plants atid 
their parts (which are rarely found,) or 
they differ from them only in colour and 
weight} (which do occur more frequent¬ 
ly, either burnt into Cole, or impregna¬ 
ted with a petrifick juyCe?^ they only 
anfwer them in figure} of which theye is 
great abundance in many places. 
Of the tvyo firft forts it is not to be 
doubted that once they were true Plants? 
the texture of the Bodies themfelves 
evincing it,and the condition of the places 
where they are digg’d, not difagreeing 
thereto, fhofe that object, that Earth, 
tranfported into Houles in procefs of 
time 
