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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Concept und Collectanea dazu, nebst einer von Leibniz corrigierten Reinschrift. (shelfmarks Ms XXIII, 23a; MS XXIII, 23a)
# Folio 48v, page id 00067941:0092
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et animatium spotia apuunes ex timo
eruuntur in antro prope Schare felsam
quod apud incolas a Pygmais denomina-
tur Malla ergo ratio est, curnon eandom
originem qudicemus ubi terra in laxidem
versa est.
Quae contra ingerunt viri docti, pa
rum gravant. Aegre sibi persvadent
nare in summis montibus fuisse, aut
illic res mannas extitisse; scilicol quia
nimis ex praesenti facie aestimant vete-
rem terrae vultum, et dituvium omne
non nisi a pluviis petunt; non satis considerantes
aliquando magnae abyssi raptos fontes
exundasse. Alii mirantur in saxis pas
sim species visen, quas vel in orbe
cognito, vel saltem in vicinis locis fru
sba quaras. Ita carnua Hammonis
qua ex Nautilorum numero habeantur
passim et forma et magnitusine (nam
et pesati ciametro aliquando roxoriri)
ab omnibus illis naturis discrepare
quas praebet mare. Sed quis abscondi–
tos erus recessus aut subterrancas
abyssos pervestigavit, quam multanobit
ammatia antea ignata ofert novus
orbis? et cresibule est per magnas
illas conversiones etiam animatium
species phunnum immutatus.
Conua
vidam