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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Abschrift der Protogaea von Eccard revidirt, unter dem Titel: De ortu et antiquissimo statu rerum naturalium in regionibus Brunsvico-Luneburgensibus Dissertatio (shelfmark Ms XXIII, 23b)
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ascenderis, primum subitur
forniae naturalis. Inde ad si-
nistram non nihil descendenti
aditus antri occurrit, arctior
illis, quibres fodinarum cuni
culi eucunt; inde ex angusto
non sine difficultate eluctan-
Sabula XII.
dum est in locum amplum,
sed inaequalem, saxo non nihil
ab aquarum sedimentis in-
crustato stratum. Sotam spe-
cum in quinque cavitates ve-
lut lotidem antra, sed an-
gustiis communicantia par-
tiuntur. Inde transmissuro
in cavitatem sequentem, quae
amplissima est rupi acutae
inaequitandum erat, cui edc
eo nomen Catalli. Sed nunc
iter commodius redditum
est. Arupe descenditur per
scalam, atque inde utterius
penetratur, ibi aliquot ea
sacco columnas monstrant
tanquam stillicidio aquarum
formatas; et in una Mona-
cham in altera Mosen bicor-
nem videri se putant. Non
procul a Mose et alibi pas
sim occurrunt ossa belluarum,
et silices fluviatiles uno