y™ Lm E A X B T S TQ R) Y
w k a , ^ n e é ü d im :iik^. k } ^ i& im a i$ bË^JO^mcc
teïfetheiffiithv 1
hts öbfeVatton^ofthed ytógéf thei -Strata I M ^ I Mlèes
isftruc and «xaflr; 1 and thoi m e s ,Eiders A i x a é m
whhfevml -other Mioms, maylffiok M m M W iïpfeoe e f
M M than Phüofophy,; <yet frirèly the thinghfignify’d by
bMery^fë iö; all tfafe Minés.vöiicïïf d i e r s t &w.
:jBM zmdlï all the Difports^of Nature, there; as- nohC
JÈ fi remarkable occurs tttfa tha£^&fötól^r^okrgjöid
m n y and chpie&C.uriofmes -offfiy Honoured Friend. Mr
'W m GfaMy Deputy-Rjegi f f i^ o f r -^ É H ®
hafldeal^^f j there^-aChf i ’èfhtëlfe asifbiowg; Thefeurd
fe .G s # ^ t Bkuës, ifiontam d iifc ^«hell^/wIth^rótóBi'
femctmiiof Hats upoU them* bfclüded óne within another
with the Rrims cock’d up ; on the baek-hde ofrijeHead are
&«r rhomboidat Figures, an Ellipfis with an EdipticTine,
and thé Parallels upon a Globe,, and: branchihg^mii tholb
ths F e rfilm and M edu lla-S fcttM kw& m ttfm etbk Dr;:
wdl ftill pertinacioully affirm that thaferéprefematifesof
Plants,. Bonei and Shfclkr in R o d * ,l^mtéï :|É S B B B S S f
real ones, departed there by fpecific Gravity, 'and'xmbaltm
ed evet.fitice the univerlkl Deluge, hemay-.with ^ fame
parity o f Reafon Pledge*thefe to havé Men the Hddfs of
the Antediluvian P a tria rch ; From thèJPh^noöien oh laid
down we may now without groat difficulty S S f f lP for
tho& reprefentations of Shells; Btmes, F ifls-öf-Fitó%nd
Plants, obfervable m Rocks and Quarrels, and may eafdy
be convinc’d, that to folve thefe thete is no flècéffity td
fuppofe an umverfal diffolution o f the-Globe o f the Earth
at the Deluge, but indeed are. Arguments cdnclufivfe to the
contrary; wherefore to.thefe i ffiall only add one general
Remark, and foxlofe.this Head. Oin it be imagin’d that
in that general Detraaian there fhouid he fech1 a Men-
or univerlal Diflolvent in Nature, that Ihould convert
all the Strata o f the Earth, Mines, Minerals and Metals
into a liquid Form, and yetfome few Shells, Bones and
Plants
- L A N C A SH IR E , CHESHIRE, &c. n 5
Plants, 'remain tmdiffdwed, wlaich ■ are of a much
ffifer Texture, and as wet fipd % repeated /Experiments
thfs^ cannot fairly tax Ro/kmaian with Enihufm/m, nor
juftfyblame hfe extravag^.^odbnsiark
lating: to theMtchnb-e/i, that Chymical umverfai Diffolyent,
which he hiinfelf does not believe, ;y£toh/ouM.£bfar impofe
upon the World ai to have .others to do io; but for this
^elJr.ihas pronris’d to^ cq u ik
thé World.-;
. Having now difpatdi’d - this' 'Point,': the n e i t
PW proceed tof real Shells,-, Skeletons,;1 and Fins .of Fifties*
which aye foihepitnesffiund under.Gratmd, and, thefe,;
ic^u^lfSme.Corqllariesi I TheifohterfMedhs.Skeieiaaaiis^
Body found in' the Mhrafihsu ofbtfre M&atcs, .and the other
a SMêlon o f a-jByc£g: found; qreaijiiis^b? nean Lamaftea^
^othwhich beinguheattondlliia.a preceding Gh^tahj T^ ffirfli
nofe enMrge .frntherupan them.. .
• Asidb fubterffineoUs^Stefethey sare£feqiteffi;ly;#)gnd ah
MarlgfPits, .about J te -Y a fd s^ e^ ir iv^ rM a i^ a^ ö® a '’
■ ^ P P i g the:Sea\; i; Thefe. iiMtii*. Shfells are o f
its Whilkesé w,&iwmèh?r;l iMufck&
and;the EcMnL Marini, add o f thdfel If RiWdb *
yergl Specimens- in
I cqnflder h e ft the formed, Stones^and: tbofe are the
L ^M ^ t, ,the Be/emnites, md the ^
denominated from the figitroof a &®fijntp:m the '
Horn of a Ram. The iBufonites I haye feenin Martóneat
VrejM in Lancashire- the Belemniterin a F r e s^ a e iUefcJ,
hm&s&partmLhefnTbSln whichiRock lik < w ife )a r e ,
feryaMeTeveraifmkli Pebbles,^ that lie frequently,-in black
Capfaley and as I have-beeuinforni’dbyrhe.Malbnsi.iffi^i
timcbh-Jiviiig Toad, has been found in Free-froneJtock^dh
the like :Cj^2 or Cavity,; which döubtléfe mfrfli-Jbe!löd^d ?.
«»ere in-this:fallowing nkinnèr t ; It ilkb:'bëp3ieÖmf’d cMï
Hh i the