106 THE LEVIATHAN AND BEHEMOTH. 



southern latitudes which Job inhabited, after they had ceased to be 

 known in these parts, especially as the more hardy crocodile, their 

 contemporary here, still exists there, although no longer found here. 

 Should the climate of Egyj)t grow gadually cooler (as some suppose 

 it does), most probably the crocodile itself will at some time cease to 

 inhabit the Nile : certain it is that it is now a rare animal there com- 

 pared to what it formerly was. 



To sum up, then, I trust I have shown you that there is good 

 ground for supposing that the leviathan of the Scriptures is the same 

 animal as the now fossil megalosaurus ; and that the behemoth was 

 identical with the iguanodon. 



MY FIRST VOYAGE. 



FOUNDED ON FACT. 



In the year 180 — , on a fine morning in the month of May, I 

 found myself on board the good ship Sisters, of Hull, Captain Turner, 

 lying in the Downs, surrounded by about 200 merchantmen, all like 

 ourselves about to sail for America under convoy of his Majesty's 

 frigate Asia of 40 guns, and four smaller vessels. It was indeed a 

 lovely sight — the sea scarcely ruffled by the breeze, which was barely 

 sufficient to fill the topsails, already loosened as a signal for the start- 

 ing of those noble vessels, many of which were destined never to 

 return to the shores they were about to quit, and whereon their 

 timbers grew — others to carry their gallant crews many a league, 

 through many a peril, and to be welcomed back, after months or years 

 of wandering, by many a happy heart. 



The vessels of war were already moving about, occasionally firing 

 a gun, or hoisting a signal to quicken the movements of some laggard, 

 while the shore boats, many of which, regardless of the distance from 



