6b 77*? NA T UR A , gjfc l
j s ^ u t a mepr Sub;terfugg,, (£nd ^b^rs^otbing, o f ^Argument
along w ith it r > 1,hyyeno ften , indeed wondred how- upon the
.top s,o f Mountains ( there are fometknes jthefe z M o r a f fe s ,
and the .adjapppt ^alley.s Ara^jLe, Grppnd; but in tha t terrible
Confuiion which doubt!e%was at ithe D e lp g e^ I think
the Phas;^niqnaAftNa|urecanpp|i)e^ech^nlcall^^y
ed for : fo that i f . a ..^aturalift cpn h u t denionftrate a De-
,|pp. 'fe i ÄI j
whether hp can pr notaffign the Modus
"m S p in e t, Thef%, jar^dpiit and
dried,, and by the ^poorer People; made ufe .pf . ipftead o f
C|ndle,st,v
'it is tprged by the.Learn’d Dr. that th^-Moraffes
wgfotlie ppddäj|,pi', fh e ^ p ^ lj th a ^ ^ s^ ^ o n th ^ ^ wf1»
fjy pu^re^jaion D e y ^ t.^ ^
^ e p n ^ e r h e d ^ % a n d
that {ho Finrs^found there were not btr(opght thither, by jany
£).e]L&£^ but were t h e ^ j ^ j k j p f in probathe
‘P ^ s ^ ^ g their darlingTree; and heya|dsj that 4 ? ^ having
never Yeen t]hy Northern, Parts wl^re the Pings grew,
jpjfjftt, ajpjia^n in th a p a s .v ^ ^ d p k h g lS ^ ^ ^ ^
which he aflerts was.not in this |0fnd^ftHp?\&undiepntrary
6'Exjp|nence. r.^Q^thefe. ^ j^ |h e fis 7
de jngenf^us^^.ye^jhr $hii^r,'no.t:
tp J^vd e fc^ fe d $ $ r in the fii&pjgGe £ ;pot r%$jonal
tp ;epnje£ture, that the Pine tiiro[:
bcfo uniyerfally deftroy’d, as-th^tfor the future i.t jhould
never be the, natural product o f the Soil,, AS0\ye find at this
day it is p pt; befides had gföftg,; ;been' cfe-
^ : ;r e v e n g e . ,^ ^ J ^ J j J ^ they
wpuld for the famg rgafon hgye- dgftrpj^dithe ^ ' i t o o , the
j$ /h a t . thfi^heing M H^henifla^^eople, and their
“Druids Wprfhip’d that Treej^ for which .therefore they
muft doubtlefs hay^ ? a., for: gr^satefVeneration than for the
P}ifie. Wherefore had th e ., Pines been deftroy’d for this
reafon
L ^iMC M SB lR Ey Q H m & lR U, &c f t
fg&fonffoily, fhe^^lfMvyifo CcWM nOF$>UF have falla a Sa--
ifrifieerfp<]thiif fory W‘for fhf^rtJielMlWte'^p^hitiort in
that'rdyeiS'gefui Jinidlure could ■ hdPer5 haves been a;6urb to
thek-tinibbutidedMgei1 > Seeend®y,r The Pollutes. the
fotogplSthitherfoy
a Deluge*A e# ’a vaifl Thicfcnefs
contigUUUk tdjetfeft Wthepj~§hd* ‘#hbeweF ‘eonfidgrs the 0!fi
eumfereace1 bf !h£fcifliir|ly 5©6>helude>They could
flet^FgiiUW* there in: that •Cl<fler> it belig impoflWe there
fhould he ’’a' difh*neerbdtwi^F1 ^eh-ttlree' for the(afcendiiig
BoBghsl; 5 Thirdly^°tJhder fhefo ard; Cre^itehtly found the
E xm itfm Animals,’a!sShfeHsj‘'!Bbh^bf'Fifo^s| und!er*©nd
particularly T faw the. Head U i\t^ 'M f^ poiam ksi^ it is
plain front' hence thefo conM uabt ;eome fooni any o ther
Caufe but a DelUgd j and- if‘ f|>f fiifoe the Pine is not the
pfodwei o f this l®ah3,: We ihaytas MfoMldyTitppSfo thole*
to he brought thither after the ftrnehi^nfer: 1 What Qfejm
afkdges o f the ^e^h'.hot greasing1 iferC I ain a^ft to thlhB,
that liindof Meeefahk faw>in ItMy n ey# grewAWild'iu.thia
Country y we imayc! conje^hfe| this ftoan th e : defcription
J^itgfl'giyesof thQi.S^eisltree, when he ternus it Paivla
i^»ip,ri#hiGhi cahnot be affirm’d o f thotfe produced ufually
in En$d%d: And this inay forye for'ah, Anfwer to what is
efpous’d by Dr. Pldt?’' therefore: in the next place
proceed'lo ebnfider^he^bituminbns^llartlr near QrmsfyrM,
that beifl^ ■another^ecifeS W 'MyJ&'f ^btot before we dofo
thisParagfoph 1 fo^rpitefoltae -fo fiir upUn'yoigr PatienGe, as
to giye-a folutioh-to an Objebfibn -ufg’d by feme, and then
conclude/ r-lt is, obfbrv’d by feme the Tines by thenifolye^
are found in bJimabers, and?, likewife other Treds rang’d in
order are difooyer’d together, a.$ fiirck3 ij$be Md Oak, di-
ftinguifh’d in foyeral Uin©s> whence they probably infer
that Woods o f thofe diftinl®rj^ees ottice' gre# there. ; To
this I anfwer, That tho’ they may be obferv’d fo in oJkfar-
tin-Meer, yet the Aflertioak is not generally true, for i
have obfery’d them in other places to lie promifcuoufly,
R here