[64] Ray's Physico-theological Discourses were of somewhat later date than Hooke's great work on earthquakes. He speaks of Hooke as one "whom for his learning and deep insight into the mysteries of nature he deservedly honored."—On the Deluge, chap. iv.
[65] Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth, 1695. Preface.
[66] Ibid.
[67] Consequences of the Deluge, p. 165.
[68] First published in Latin between the years 1680 and 1690.
[69] An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory, &c., 2d ed. 1734.
[70] Ramazzini even asserted, that the ideas of Burnet were mainly borrowed from a dialogue of one Patrizio; but Brocchi, after reading that dialogue, assures us that there was scarcely any other correspondence between these systems, except that both were equally whimsical.
[71] Dei Corpi Marini, Lettere critiche, &c. 1721.
[72] Brocchi, p. 28.
[73] Ibid. p. 33.