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PART I. An Examination of the Opinions of former Writers on this Subject. The Means whereby they thought these Marine Bodies brought out upon the Earth. Of certain Changes of Sea and Land, and other Alterations in the Terra∣queous Globe, which they suppose to have happened.
THIS so considerable a point be∣ing thus gained: the Legitima∣cy or Reality of these Marine Bodies vindicated and asserted: and my Way so far effectually cleared by the fore∣going Dissertation; I now re-assume my original Design, and pass on to enquire by what means they were hur∣ried out of the Ocean, the place of their native Abode, to dry Land, and