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sticking to each side of it where it is concaveand by reason of its Figure and Stria,c anno 1easily part from it.

Lastly, To dissemble nothing, I have myself observed some Cockle-stones to ha veseemingly different impressions or Stria up*on the lame Superficies which Ph&nonteno*it is very hard to give an account of. I ha^ ealso observed a large Stone almost as hard ^Marble, that was so marked every whe^throughout with the impressions of Cocklfand their Stria, so crossing one another I s1every part of it, that if it were nothingssells amassed together by a stony Cement >those ssells must have before their Conc^'tion been broken into infinite small pieces ° sfragments, scarce any remaining entire >which I do not sce how any Floods or Work'ing of the Sea, could possibly effect.

So I have finissed what 1 had to (ay con-cerning this supposed Effect of the Delugethe bringing in of Shells, and scattering the** 1all over the dry Land. But yet I mustdismiss this Particular, till I have said sbm e 'thing to an Objection that presently occu^to any one who considers this matter.Wavers of the Flood having been suppliedpartly by Rains, partly by the breaking $of the Fountains of the great Deep,and n otby an Irruption or Inundation of the

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