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they were originally the parts of Ani-p j the similitude of conformation in their

J? res > Striœ, Hinges, Teeth, Prominences,sinVT ’ ^ c ‘ ^tnost necellarily interring aj U de of Original: which is an Argumentyie Government of some Principle , sii-er four to Matter figured and moved , inle * r formations.

q, fourthly, Were these Bodies nothing but^°ncretions of Salts, or saline mixtures, itirr> niS no lets strange, that 16 many Liquors^Pregnated with all torts of Salts and Mi-5t ra l Juices, in all proportions, having been, °ne time or other industriously or acci-e ntally exposed to crystallize, and let stand°og in Vessels, there should never havej^n found in them any such Concretions.l e ° s r ^ any had happened, we should doubt-^ s have heard of them, and the Observers^ould have improved such an Experimentdie Production of the like Bodies at theirSo I have finished what I have tot j C p8 e in defence of the latter part, ThatSse i wormed Stones were sometimes the reale 'ls or Bones of kist.es, I mean the figuredar J-°i them.

^ .Proceed now to set down , what mayin 0 ^ C( ^ed against this Opinion, or offeredho j- rt i° n °f the contrary, viz. That these^ les are primitive Productions of Na-ture,

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