Some reafonahle Reflections on 
lie, <( be more Species of intelligent Creatures 
<f above us, than there are of fenfible and 
“ material below us, is probable to me from 
<c hence, that in all the vifible and corporeal 
<c World we fee no Chafm, no Gaps. All 
%i quite down from us the Defcent is by ea- 
<c fy Steps and a continued Series of Things, 
fi that in each Remove differ very little one 
€e from the other. There are Fifhes that 
<e have Wings, and are not Strangers to the 
“ airy Region; and there are fome Birds that 
<f are Inhabitants of the Water, whofe Blood 
<e is as cold as Fifhes’, and their Flefh fo like 
“ in Tade, that the Scrupulous are allowed 
<c them on Fifh-Days. There are Animals 
** fo near a-kin to Birds and Beads, that 
<e they are in the Middle between both. 
sc Amphibious Animals link the Terreftrial 
(f and Aquatic together : Seals live at Sea 
“ and at Land; and Porpoifes have the warm 
(t Blood and Entrails of a Hog : not to 
t( mention what is confidently reported of 
<s Mermaids or Sea-men.—-There are fome 
“ Brutes that feemto have as much Know- 
(t ledge and Reafon as fome that are called 
es Men ; and the Animal and Vegetable 
Kingdoms are fo nearly joined, that if 
<e you will take the lowed of one and the 
highed of the other, there will fcarce be 
st perceived any great Difference between 
* s them. And fo on till we come to the 
T - (e lowed 
