" There is nothing fo proper for the ereo" 

 u tion of land above the level of the ocean as 

 " an expanfive power of an infinite force, ap- 

 " plied direftly under materials in the bot* 

 " torn of the fea, under a mafs that is proper 

 " for the formation of land when thus eredl- 

 " ed." 



The following circumftances may reafon- 

 ably be fuppofed to have taken place, both 

 before and after the univerfal deluge, all of 

 which, we apprehend, are implied in the 

 Doctor's theory, although not expreffed in 

 this manner. 



Firft, That before the deluge, the various 

 parts of the earth were confolidated, eithe^ 

 by aqueous folution and chryftallifation, or 

 by means of heat and fufion ; which, in a 

 courfe of years, would make very confidera- 

 ble alterations upon the internal ftrudlure of 

 the earth. 



Secondly, When the flood overflowed the 

 whole earth, and the fountains of the great 

 deep were broke open, the fire and water 

 meeting together, would occafion an univer- 

 fal convulfion of nature. At which time, all 

 the materials which were at the bottom of 



the 



