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equally upon Sea and Land ; and confequenily 

 the Sea contribute nothing to the Watering of 

 the Earth, or the Maintenance of Rivers. 



To which I anfwer, That as to the Watering 

 of the Earth there needs no Supply from the 

 Sea, there being fufficient Water exhaled out 

 of it felf to do that ; there is no more returned 

 upon it by Rain, fo as to reft upon it, than an 

 equivalent Quantity to what was rais'd out of 

 it. 



But the Rivers muft be fupply'd other ways. 

 Our Opinion is, that they have their Supply 

 from Rain and Vapours. The Queftion is , 

 Whence thcfe Vapours are brought ^ We an- 

 fwer, From the Sea. But what brings them up 

 from the Sea ? I anfwer. The Winds ; And fo 

 I am arrived at the main Difficulty, Why fhould 

 not the Winds carry them that are exhaled out 

 of the £^r/A down to the Sea, as well as bring 

 them up upon the Earth, which are rais'd from 

 the Sea ? Or, which is all one, why (hould not 

 the Wind blow inditferently from Sea and 

 Land ? To which I anfwer, That I muft needs 

 acknowledge my felf not to comprehend the 

 Reafon hereof God is truly faid, Pja!, cxxxv. j- 

 'To Sring the Wind out of his T^reajures, But the 

 Matter of Fa6t is moll: certain, viz. That the 

 Winds do bring abundantly more Vapours up 

 from the Sea than they carry down thither. . 



Firft, Becaufe otherwife there can no Ac- 

 count be given of Floods. It is clear. That 

 Floods with us proceed from Rain j and it is 

 often a vail Quantity of Water they carry down 



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