D w a rf Elder grows in feveraJ p kees, and is. of peafchfepn
HydrapikX^fe. v/tffcfl® are fhXeraf Qtljiéf i^^ ^ ïiîiïth ef©
Cdantr.cs,, but the% being the m®É remarkabler for ;their
^©fftues in Why/isbi. I bave only given an Account of-them
for the benefit o f /the Inbabitantsof thefopattsskbe other
are already defcrib’daflarge by the ineoippaiabfe Dp J # r-
Mr. Raj, Dr. ]fokwjte\
and MriQfalej wtew^JSefitf ^sftueat^iatisl^ioflt
inthofeMatters, to/thofe eminent andblearn’d Authors
I refer the Reader.
• As tù foffile Riants,. DtJfâtodwarâ in his Effay towards
an unkrerfal Natwràl gimjiriHfKflre
probabLe Conjecture ofeia totak diffolutioriidS-tke Sttatay®f
tkèfÈarthîiât tbe kakrérfal vEtelwge, than by theOhfejrva-
tionshe has made u p o nRla&s difeinfor’d in Roefes ttttiMft.
fines this Hypothecs bboursnunder fo many unanfweraMe
Difficukies,I cannot tillmore pregnant Proofs are prodiic’d^
adhere to it ; nor calm we reafonahly fia$q>«fesaLdiffàlution
o f the Strata o f the Earth, and yet conceive thefe to be
kept entire : That very Inftahre ipCaaLMines is a demom
ftration againft it. To thèsfef fh ah add another Infancy
I have now by me of a itony §ubffcance of the exaCt tefem-
blance and magnitude of -Ifards
in Stone, ÿ et much lighter than aiiy Csckle^MM, o f the fame
bignels ; which could never b&perïbxsfd^b^r %ecifick Gravitation,
as the Dr. alledges, uvln; the nexfcplace to iirngim
a difiolution of mo ft folid Rocks, and Bodies: o f more obdurate
fubftance, this fiirely m u i be effected hy.fome peculiar
Menftruum, diftinâ: from Wa ter ;; * arid whyl then in
the Name o f common Reafom fhouldnot Plant&rùn-the
fame rifqüe ? That Mpttffa'ùfàm that comilcLmake To fevere
an Impreffion, and difunite thofe compact Bodies, would
Certainly have eafily reduc’d-Plants to ruin. That there
was a Difruptionof the Strata a ï the Earth, is hut reafbn-
ablè to; allow, and likewife that various Bodies floated in
that general Inundation ; but that thefe Plants are any
Argu-
Argument rfof-tâ f^ffolutipp,, or that (they j«ere the Exavioe
of ^ ip-, the nex^pîapç loi bejcrntfider’d. In
the Rocf&ip thefeJParts are only found ^ifyp<pdji4lFji'/>l-Rue,
y&jdqpÿfi4nuy®!3 !QE,-Leftyet.' ftf Thorns Jj 'dopbtlefs* other
EJantS:'^0s“W;eJl ay thefe. yojjjd have iocem’d to; Jur Q bfc
ti^pjfrha^ihefe bfeen deported here by Jbbafife Déluge. A-
gaite? thfièi Leaves doubled, whiehcértahk
lyçp^jdlônal a;Confufion ag th© Deluge dulxf have
happen’d had .they here been depofite'd in* thatcgdHDgral Calf
taft^#4 ^rîVly Sentiment o f the whole-is thisjph'at as it is
obferyadlein Chymiftry that tteSalte?«|ffome Plahtsiwilldii
varicate themfeives into the figureAf.the Plahts) >thaï tfaèfê
repnefeptationSof Plants^ jn Rocks ^æè^nothing hut diffe?
rent Cdhcfetions o f fkline, bituminoud and teÎMÉet parti!
dns ympd:11 am'farther> cdnfirm’d in this!iiHypot|iefi|s
firicertheya asS well as; the ( ^ ^ ^ theylâÆîbiinë ingfl&cféia
fall fa afford us that mixture. < >Wa fiomiSpicijiPèn & we hàvi
of: thefe-;ih Ebeksifn the% Count tes,' in one ÿattieularly
iàear ^ r^ è i^ ih ^ k ^C i^ ir e , in which StyMpÂdrèûmim&p
be féenièxaiSBy ddimeated : vTMswas çédnmhm(teted.>to;fl{ê
by MsiiWlBamBarfm Apothdearyini that tTownîliandS
asT reniember in fbtne Rocks near-iitelteh]
the JR* Hanh^ WiMam Earf -nf'■■&erby± tn^hom I
finitely bblig’d ÏQi thé Honour dope; takp in lia v i^ had
the Hondiir to be frequently PfeyficiantohisJLordMp; aild'
to ühàTunparalkl’dyouth,, h k $on, tlw lMonMS
Ôntt^'dîThefiïaje other Rocksin wMçhuiiaybw^érÿîâ
Leaves o f Thotn^:p^ihfomdRorfei^aii!j^^^,?.aid fa'
the GodlriPitsh&r Bténley in Lamaffifaei ^:TteA'Mallyfil'
reputed Plants that I have found remarkaMe in tÉëf^Pàrrsi
Mavirig how tolyJilhi^ratedititO^e highly itaplfibatil^
that i thefe Planfes IQiOù’d bi^\h^ Exuvm o f • the ; ÏMù gè,? (hut
ià-tbteiCbiîcrétiobeM Matter, ! dr:
it mày ydrhaps' ^be Kby<>fomé} khat fi
ail account- ©f theî différent* OfhM4hS0ifdâééri4lA^ïhé^nif
verfaîi^cbfithe Dëkgè; ës^ëK’in rël|fe(^ ê f ^ e 'T%i^ &JÉ! J " ' ' * p final