476 THE CHEMISTRY OF CKEATION. 



little doubt but this grand system of ocean 

 circulation has a most intimate connexion, not 

 only with the inhabitants of the land, but with 

 the well-being of the varied tribes which people 

 the sea. 



Imperfect as is our knowlege of the che- 

 mical phenomena connected with the move- 

 ments of the waters, these few considerations 

 may serve to indicate the interesting, character 

 of the subject, and to stimulate fresh inquiry. 

 How exalted should be our ideas of that great 

 God, who planned, formed, and set in move- 

 ment our creation, when we can discover a law 

 in the agitation of a ripple, and a variety of 

 wonderful effects dependent on the breaking 

 of a wave ! 



