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Ji#re a. ‘Firn-Jioàh '4exri to jit, $/>«$,' payQahy or, an-v^ly*,
notkeejfingiany Order at all ■; fo-that^what one particular
pladeiiffayrdoj np/WÎfe illuftiatesjageneralHiftory o f thof©
fbflileTre^j iiÜ&éÊ *gfIferalîÿr^eatiing the filterjCiotttraiifyiis
oWerv’d. *i jSeepndly;, ■ Th&fhjRanks o f Treesdpund together
rifewjfei inygflidat^S) the, Deluge, for the fame 'Afgifftfcfit
inay* be urg'd, fdiffile Shells, ar$ ;^§teeht|y.
found col! edfed tfe&P pfyetLluppqf^nqMlin wijiwtgp this
as ;an brpught thither-:by,a
Delugef bufi;rather;||je <f©ontrary,|finee^pun th«y|e%§j@t|
in their native "Beds they ate always found in great rNum- bèrs-ial;
u To théfe.-toay;h^,add.edt .tfikt fc©nJ$rMbi© Mfuntain eaiÈ4
Néphat in the Province o f Go^tght invfhe K;ingd@®§ pf irfei
Idnd,.,which, is. federal hundred;Fathom aboypjthe fiirfac'e
of. the Sq% "yet at the topnof this Mountain t©nfo¥ards
within i t are vaft Beds o f alb forts ipff ihtrin^^hel%i as
Whelk s Mufclesi Cockles, ‘Perewinkles^ Toreulapsi ‘Peffi-
ttiies, TurhiniteSy Op/lerSy &cc, rwhieh doubtle^^oj^dhring
the immenfe height o f i the -.Mountain, (peuld not be depo^
fited there by any means but a Deluged and that annriiyei*
fad one. Parallel to thefe. are" thofexVaftrjModiatatm jof
Oyfter-lhells in Virginiat and other parts* of the ty&firlndiest
likewife the vaft quanti ties o f marine ’Shells g found lèverai;
Tards deep in firm ; Marie in Lands remote fÿom, the! Sea, in
whichfive Yards within the M a^b I faw fhe Skejetpp of a
Buck ftànding upon his Feet, and his Morns o u h è clîeadj
which are yet prefervd gt J&lpl-Grange.qear} Lançajler.
d’ll give you one Inftance more, That bight Yardslwithin
Mârledn hârhrïck^ xiéit Trëjlm 'w Laûmjfaire* was fôund
the entire Head o f a Stag, with the Vertebrae of the Neck
whole, which by its Branche^ and Magnitude is forein to
any I everobferv’d in thefe parts butby the Çutâofthofein
Cahaday I cannot judge them any other than ofthofein that
Country : Thefe are now in the Gùftqdy.ûf RichardLong-
worth of St. Michaels Efq; • when they; were taken out of
the
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^h^^r^hitl^yp\^ièfaftandplMblejhut mWhârd and firfm.
A iEhænoip'enPh hîPfcundikètoÆhÉ^is bbfenlable in Cdfdl
which immediatelyjgroWv hard,-, the humid Partidlfekbein^
fperitby th e h e a to f the Airiy^bftfafct th&'&Une and j terre-
ft rial ParticlestArd n@ff longer-,riifimited,î bètithehcdvêbind
to ai ftriét union*, and dchfequefotly-an h&diM firniaBcAMf
%d.ore„. Inftamçèd of> thiislnatureiinighfcbepoeddc’^ ’ibutswhat
aarqi recited-- are /fufEcienb vb^càiirfirîd^Miv 'impartial Reader
in thefitrutlicof ;what ris alledgd ; fand tm others Lthintei#
nojfUworth whilbto’make knynAdîdaiéfs atnaîll |
.However I flialbprodueeiahbühfâridnftanceyànd then lea V©
é.vefy?one tohis'particudanSenelrnvii ts -.‘inra-Pkee in han-
cajhinezQ^VèA th e'Mealës,r: ûn^uAeiMPfe&niEYaKÎs^with-
iX.M^ei Was r&qnd an,exotic H'ead^'whidhubyfehQ^kp-
tion given ni§ o f it by the Country Peoplb,imay,dûuhtîàîs
bè. that,of anlElkôj t¥e Brow-Antlër«s wéfer,bigger than u^
fually the" Arm o f a-Manüs, thecB’eamsi were. Mar,rii Ya-rdsi
in height, and' bethrixt thé twP ©profite TipslofthèMoins,,
which is the! Diameter ,-wds s Yards dike wife] ^ »SucfraiCib
ripfitynievrer before feenÿi thefeiPans iindph'dihe Country
PeopleTo cutvit kfimderdmlo mrany pieces, each preferring
aiparVaka Rarity ; , fo that had itIKedn entiiie, idhàd-beett
muck greater i, <Th© fcatter d reinamsJofiit may no,tv he fèen
xhidifferent Places, but thkfc is bmoaaflènderrifatlsfkdfeiari'toL
a curious lEnquirér. ^ .Thc Ælke moftocertainl^fà iarahddve'r
Waslw Oreafurepfereiii ?$o sthi#dfe&tion,* how theiefcffi’âfQ
nhnyriYairdaçrilMarle. uridàvthe Mbfeithésfihduld comeTto
b.eidep:dfit fed,* b y âny vb ther means rhàn aaiiUii^VèrfàllD^^g^
d i sdouldi gladly hei inforrit’ di p confideîîin^clîkerWifè tthèriw ilda-
nefEofjthe Placei,- andl.thej.thin nurnher ofiPedplbJwheie
thisÆhænome'rionrwavëhjferv’dÿ |£bctlie 'dStofesdfgm&k lititlê
mode cifTtiyated «Han thç DéfaitesMMhdteafid think dran^y '
vei^iMCtto afiirri^ i f a; Mah .wilKkp afîdèiPrejad£fe@p;ahd
n©| hettdo fcoed'vbf ca|inot
a éçsSÈfâ te§»r its aasyî b tiher Ma ylyO
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