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bcafts, and no lefle excellent thin thofe that are know- 

 en vnto vs : If we fay then that all thefe kindes of crea 

 tures were prefervcd in the Arke by Neah , it folio vves, 

 that thofe hearts, of whofe kindes we finde not any but 

 at the Indies, have pafled thither from this continent's 

 we have (aide of other bcafts that arc knowne vnto vs. 

 This fiippofed,! demand how it is potfible that none of 

 their kinde flioulde remaine heere ? and how they are 

 found thcrc 3 being as it were travellers and (hangers* 

 Truly it is a queftion that hath long held me in fiifpens. 

 I fay for example, if the flieep of Peru, and thofe which 

 they call Pasos and Guanas os , are not found in any o- 

 thcr regions of the worlde, who hath carried them thi 

 ther? or how came they there? feeing there is no fliew 

 nor remainder othem in all this worlde? If they have 

 not pafled from fomc other region,ho w were they for 

 med and brought foorth there? It may be GOD hath 

 made a new creation of beafts . That which I fpeake of 

 thefc Pacosmd. Guanacos may be faid of a thoufand difl 

 ferent kindes ofbirdes and beafts of the forreft, which \ 

 have never beene knowne , neither in fhape nor name; I 

 and whereof there is no mention made,neitheramong 

 the Latins, norGreekes, nor any other nations of the 

 world . We muft then fay, that though all beafts came 

 out of the Arke, yet by a naturall inftin6t, and the pro 

 vidence of heaven , diverfe kindes difperfed themfelves 

 into diverfe regions , where they found themfelves fo 

 well, as they vvoulde not pane; or if they departed, 

 they did not preferve themfelves, but inprocefleof 

 time, perirtied wholy, as we do fee it chaunce in many 

 things . For if we fliail looke precifely into it, we (hall 

 finde that it is not proper and peculiar alone to the /;/- 

 dies, batgencralltomany other Nations and Provin- 



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