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or three kinds of Ferns and of Harts-tongue-He told me also, that Mr. Woodward a Lott'doner , shewed him very gocd Draughts otthe common female Fern , naturally formedin Cole,which himself found in Mendip Hills;and added, That he had sound in the lamePits, Draughts of the common Cinques oikClover graf and Strawberries. But these Fi-gures are more diligently to be observed andconsidered.

Secondly, There are found in the karthat great distance from the Sea , real Shellsunpetrisicd and uncorrupted , of the exactFigure and Consistency of the present natu-ral Sea-lhells,and in all their parts like them?and that not only in the lower Grounds andHillocks near the Sea, but in Mountains of 3considerable height, and distant from tltfSea. Christianus Mentzelius in his Discourseconcerning the Bononian Phosphor us, gives usa Relation of many Beds of them foundmingled with Sand in the upper part of *high Mountain not far from Bologna in Italy-His words are these, Non procul monte Pates'no ditlo, lapidis Bononien/ts patria , unico fortemilliari Italico distanti ( loci nomen exciddmemories) ingens mons imminet præruptus $violentia tor rent turn aquarum.quas imbres fs e 'quentes ex vicinis montibus confluentes effici'at que infignes terr arum moles ah ift°

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