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Jp OS SILI A teftacea, quse-Tabulis fe- 
quentibus ad Naturam fideliter exarata 
fiftuntur, e Clivibus Comitatus Hantoni- 
enfis Littora Oceani Atlantici cingentibus, 
inter Chriji Church et Lymington , fpeciatim 
vero in Campis prope pagum Hordwell , 
qui inter didta loca medius eft, eftoiTa fuere. 
Stratum eft terne ex Glarea et Arena mix¬ 
tum, 14 vel 15 pedes profundum, fub quo, 
in Argilla vel Marga cserulefcente terram 
perpendiculariter ad lineam fuperficiei Ma¬ 
ris parallelam uique (quo ulterius non 
certo condiat) penetrante, corpora htecce 
minime mutata, colore excepto, formamque 
naturalem optime fervantia, impafta et 
recondita occurrunt. Rupes di&ae multis 
in locis altitudinem 100 pedum et ultra at¬ 
tingunt. 
Stratum illud Argillaceum verius plagam 
Septentrionalem Comitatus, tranfverlim fyi- 
vam New Foreft longe extenditur, id quod 
quotidiana experientia, margam in his locis 
effodiendum, vel domuum et habitationum 
fundamenta diruendum, evincitur, quippe 
quorum opera Foflilia, cum reliquis in hoc 
opere memoratis co: poribus quam fepiffime 
luci traduntur : unde docemur nonlolum- 
modo Tefcacea fed Pifces etjam et Qua¬ 
drupedia in generali quadam Globi hujus 
T.erraquei 
cj-HE Fojjil Shells of which the following, 
Piat es are ex adi Draugbts , were colle di e d 
in the County of Hamplhire, out of the Clijfs 
hy the Sea Coafi , between Chrift Church and 
Lymington, but more efpecially about the Clijfs 
by the Village of Hordwell, which is nearly. 
the midway betwixt the two former places ; 
they are found in their natural State , excepi- 
ing their lofs of colour , and exceedingly well 
preferved , below a firatum ofGravel and Sand 
ah out 14 °r 1 5 fat thick , in a blueijh kind of 
Clay or Marle quite down to the level of the 
fea , how much deeper is not known ; theheight 
of thefe Clijfs are , in many places, above 100 
feet. 
Phisfiraium of Clayruns a great way inte 
the Country in a Northerly diredlion, quite 
acrofs the New foreft, as may be perceived 
wben Sinkings are made in the Earth for 
Buildings , or Piis for the digging of Marle, 
where Foffd Shells , on fuch Occajions , fre- 
quently occur , together with thofe other Bodies 
here meniioned , by which it appears , that along 
with the P (fi ac eous Pribe , Fi fio and Quadru- 
peds became involved in the gener al confufion ; 
the Jhore-s under thefe Clijfs ab-ound with large 
Nodduks 
