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'jïtr.Êehné'. branching. them, > nor the Mines upon
*he different fmrüs-of thfffnBody' being, Icomparable to
thofe upon the natural Ndutihm -Hence it is evident that
in moltkinds: ó f Shelfe (I ïftMNïmight fay;all) feature fro-
jpently fliews her .0ifpbrts, Hhi at ithedune tiihe- falls in-
hnitelylhort Of thofe Creatures that are? rgprefented: ’
*? IjÉmi 4,0 IThis is a Stoiip tdkeft ou t of the Bowels o f a 'Man
in Lancqfhire, and covered with Spunge.
d* Is a fpecies o f Coral, - the Superficies istubüloüs
gnjJ fteliated j thisfemslikewife;partlyta eanhftof a /Bluer,
ami if (as in this i t is evident) 3s&atufe manifèftlyiiêVvs
her Difports, viz. in th e vreprefentationb o f >iAfterifhis
in Miniature, why may Ihe not as welhdo it in the representations
of Shells in Rockis.
Hi 1Fig. 6.1 ils* the Ophites| aiGomu.Vlmmonis, thatI is£ ih e
Sprpentflone, or kams-hortiy found in the Mines in Der-
bflhire. rilihis Stone bears the Figure o f the Serpent, fome
o f which I haveTeen fo extremely =exa£t, vi,%. thofe that
come from the \f\s o£ Malta, that in thofe not onlyitheex-
ternal Figure o f the Viper, but the very Vertebra, Head,
Teeth and Eyes were moll exactly deferib’d, and fir fur-
palfed the Pctrifa&ions o f any Shell whatever. By the fame
parity Of Realon. therefore they may urge thefe Stones to
be petrify’d Vipers, as they da thofe Shells to. be petrify’d
Fifties^ which 1 prelhme none 'will attempt, left perhaps
after an elaborate Hypothefi^ he may at \&& find.the Snake
in 'the Grafs, j