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this I answer, That the great Deep. i^nujnicates with the Sea ;and the WatersH ,n g Up out of the subterraneous Abyss,the^ a mult needs succeed,else would there havep. een un empty space left in the middle of thec art h ; so that the Shell-fish might as well, 0r he in this way from the bottom of theea > as by an Inundation : in like manner asfish in the Lake of Carniola , called thelr chnitzer Sea , do descend annually under6 r ound through many great holes in the bot-and return again by the lame holes. To' this I might add, that into the Lands nearlie skirts of the Sea, and lower Hills, thesehells might in part be brought by particular°ods, ol which many we read of.and moreP^Hibly than are recorded in any Historyj} a y have happened since the general Deluge.5 nc e the chief Champions of the Opinion. ‘ flock-Jhe/ls are not difficult to grant, thatJ^orne Countries, and particularly along the.. 0re of the Mediterranean Sea, there may; 'banner of shells be found promiscuouslyeluded in the Rocks or Earth, and at good'stances too from the Sea. Which are thek°rds of Dr. Lifter, repeated and approvedDr. Plot. But this will not serve theirrn i for we have before proved,that in the

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