Htftorieofthefndics. lib.2, 



which is,that drought and want of raine,is not alwaies 

 greateft,when thefunneapprocheth neereft, as we fee 

 in the burning Zone. 



That the burning 2Tone abounds with water sand ft- 

 JlttrcS) again ft the opinion of Ariftotle, who holds 

 the contrarie. CHAP. 6. 



BY the former Difcourfe wee may eafily conceive, 

 that the burning Zone is notdrie, but abounding 

 with waters ; the which is fo true y as it exceeds all the 

 Regions of the world for (tore of waters , except in 

 fome parts, where there are fands and defart Coun 

 tries, as wee finde likewife in fome other parts of the 

 world. As for water from Heaven , wee have alreadie 

 fhevven, that there is great aboundance of raine, fnovv 

 and haile, which efpecially abound in the kingdome of 

 Pern. But as for land-waters , as rivers , fountaines > 

 brookes,fprings,floods,and lakes, I have not fpoken 

 thereof till now$ yet being an ordinarie thing, that the 

 waters below have a correfpondencie with them a- 

 bove, wee muft not imagine that there can bee any 

 wantrand in trueth there is fo great ftore of fprings and 

 fountaines , as you fliall not finde in any Region or 

 Countrie of the world ^ fb many lakes, mariflies , and 

 fuch ftore of rivers,for the grcateft part of America is 

 almoft inhabitable through too great aboundance 

 of waters : for that the rivers fwelled with the great 

 Raines in Summer , doe often overflow their banckes, 

 with fuch furie, as they breake all they incounter : and 

 in many places they cannot pafle, by reafon of the 

 raudde and myre of marifhes and vallies:for this caufe, 



thofe 



