j i 6 The N ’A TUMCAL H I S '<T 0 R Y 6f
in Lanca/hire, I have Teen tile exaft lhape: of a Matfy and
that in fix Inches compafs. ' In fbrne Mines in IDerbjfMre
I haveifeDa Subftance bearingiexa^l^the"fimilitudesc^ a
Man’s Tooth, and that as bigcas a Child s Mead, to: which
was annex’d an Head: which would havcfcontain’d feveral
MeafureSj rand the. Iiimbs. proportionable. In 'Pools-Hole
there is the rcfemblance of, z Lyon, a dead Man, a Chair,
and aiElitch of Bacmhjsnyefaio.'Maiff f l fuppofe) will aiert
thefe to be Externa?, or the Chair one o f the Houlhold-goods
o f the Antediluvians, no Morei than, the fbreitnentibn’d
Cloak-Buttons the Appendices-oftheir: Apparel.. .In other
Mines I have obfervd the refeinblaffces rtf iBkrews, ista^s,
Feathers, BoneS> andSbells, and all in t i h e f a Stratum:
Now, I fay, confidering all thefe togethepunleftnye will
conclude the reft petrify d, as .Well as . the Shells,; there, is
no neceffity to affert the. former, hut that they mayeflually
be different Modifications o f Matter.
Once in an Earth that came from. Eaftrlndia, I faw the
the perfect fhape where there
were not the leaft figns o f any Shelly j t f anjy iPetrife£tion at
a ll; it was a brownilh ftft Earth, arid indifferently friable ;
It was communicated to--me by MtjEdward:Ent$&^- to
Sr. George Ent, and formerly o f jW/roZ-College \n Oxford.
I have feen great variety ofFetrifaiStibns,' perform d by the
Sea-Water it felf; at Hagy Bar Hills in Lancajbire: The
Marie there Ihelves downwards, and feveral forts of Pebbles
are included in various Capfulte ; this Marie is converted
by the Sea-Water into a firm Grit, or Free-ftone, in fotne
pieces of which we find Shells, of Sea-Snails embalmed, and
thofenot in the leaft petrify’d. Confidbr we then this Petrifaction
o f Earth, and tho’. the Shell is often very minute
and tender, yet it ftill retains its ldentic Body ; I fay,
if we refled on this, it is not fo eafy to imagin (as fome
conceive) that after the Deluge the Petrifadion o f Shells
enfued with fueh facility; for in a multitude of Inftances,
here the Earth only, not the Shells have undergone that
change.
Th,^Marie, I prefume, .may be petrify’d after. tfefylloW-i
ing manner,: jlïfy : Let usralloW Marie to be a: fubftadcfcapt
to diffblve in Water, it is probable thén that the Sea-waterl
by frequently overflowing iti in trad: of ctime Makes ia fok
luitioh fySiPaoBfilcles,..'. and vkiitheir i »d okn • dèpdfiteS sivMte
gritty. Particles,: with: wliiclf even, clear ï Sea-Water much
abounds,: which is demonftfable in the Evaporation of that
Water into a , granulated (Salty at which time vaft quaHti-
tiés -tfoGrit/zale; collected, ib
bULthe:Paf tides tf(.thfyiltitear@ifolMind :that4 ilf tiMdy
MaMisulM.-they)(Ire ó tf A i d i f o o ^ f êithèf
b yMicÊofcopes,''ór iby thenifieft Filtration’: Thdfi^thdn'bP
ing ibyn the krtotrOrPöf«
yedgcdi and’1 riveted fólewlèy aStèftf
tfieiCoÜPtMy.'Peoplëi harigi Wonden! (M ^ r ö n d ^ y d
inftead. o f Polls, othefsufcemilréxadly to uefemVe PerfbtlS
ftarnditlgj'ih oldride^ïyed^IM^f ^®féiW\\dMGhyph^nomentt
it is demonftrable, that there, may vbe..perfed .fliapes o f
marine Shells, Bones,. Plants,nandIBëals.of Birds in fome
Earths, - pud yet; hoi \ihe'Exupt^e o fI thiofe-Creatures^-T '
.. r I m u t opnfels! the molt coiiipléat, Collection: of thefe (I
'do believe) in the Woild as un t the Cidtody of sDi Wood*
warcly .and could I receivera fatisfadofy-Aaifwer to the. Ah
g ^ ii^ 3g^-jjbpye]fef^éd^nL'i^cmlddtftliingfy''-adhèj3e/ to.his
Hypothefif ;3 bishfin godihey pnohhtlto,nos more-thapa Com
jpj^uf 6.J £%h4 that thofèiPhaemamenM tmy he othéwi&filalï
ved,.j and indeed that theinare fo m anyicon vi ncmg Reafons
to the oolitiaiy I am foie drtoj deviate frOm an Hypo theirs)
which I could"yufhojweie Aret* The. divine .Splendor of
fuch an fjnd'cltabing, fas 'welhiasithe uiefiftible Charms: of
his Stile, -aimoft ,eommani3mpan alien t-tolit/ • Tis'truhi
whait ^fepfyM tn fkci Dr.i carriespotithë
am of I an Orator tand Pliilofopher, his1 ^Language: for thh.
moftipait bemgfgi atmg, i pal t iculai ly" thöfe unaccöüntaMe
Tcrnisiof thé Miners themfelves ; but)'lihce Truth?walks
MrM!g il r H h ' n:' ' ■ • ■ naked,