. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 333 ] Tumclort again mentions that, " Rocks arc peopled " by lin;ill woiiiis covered with Ihclls of a green or alli- " colour'." . ⢠Another argument of mofl: confiJcrablc wciglit for the exirtcnce of fuch infers, at ahi:io{l ;u\y depth, arilcb from fueh a vjft mafs of matter as our glohc confiflsof, under tiie iurfacc, or even the deepcfi: of our mines, not contributing to tiic life or con- veniences of any animal whntlocvcr, which can fcarcely be lup-
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 333 ] Tumclort again mentions that, " Rocks arc peopled " by lin;ill woiiiis covered with Ihclls of a green or alli- " colour'." . ⢠Another argument of mofl: confiJcrablc wciglit for the exirtcnce of fuch infers, at ahi:io{l ;u\y depth, arilcb from fueh a vjft mafs of matter as our glohc confiflsof, under tiie iurfacc, or even the deepcfi: of our mines, not contributing to tiic life or con- veniences of any animal whntlocvcr, which can fcarcely be lup- pofcd, without the llrougcd and nioft irrcfragal)Ic proof. Particular follils again arc conmionly found in the fame par- ticular ftrata ; and does not this atFord a proof that the Infetfls wiiich inhabit fuch flrata are the occafion of the fnigular luxlits which we there difcxwei? A 'HMicral deluae, on the otiier hand, muft difperfe thefe bodies indifcriminately in c ery kind of llrata *". Some animals moreover form their (hells by emitting a juicf, which fafhions the layers of their habitation. "So the fliells of Inails and oyfters are formed, their refpe«5tiveanimals throwing out periodically the ofleous juice, or teftaceous matter, which *' adheres to the former IheJl, and concretes, aud thus the llic- *' cefTivc layers arc produced"." As ' This circumftancc may account for many of the fofni flu-lls, the livins inhabit:int of which hath never been cUl'coverocl bv anv nam- ⢠There arc two ftonc quarries near Sv/indon in Wiltfiiire ; and in rliac whleh is at the leall diilance from the town there arc (carcelv any ioniis which bear the molt diftinu refcnibhincc to thole of marine Ihclls, v» h(.:reas they are found in eonfitierable in a (juarry at no ;'.cr (lillance than a quarter of a mile. This fa<ff fecms t.) prove, that ilu; fivata of the fecond quarry are more convenient to cjrtain infedls ilian thfjlc of the firft, whiill:
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