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to a Level; and if it fliould be now unequal^ 

 would in Time be level'd again. By Level I do 

 not mean fo as to have no Declivity (for the " 

 Reciprocation preferves that, the Flood hindering 

 the conflant carrying down of the Bottom) but 

 only to have an equal and uniform Defcent from 

 the Shores to the Deeps. Now all thofe Rela- 

 tions of Urinators belong only to thofe Places 

 where they have dived, which are always rocky;. 

 for there is no Reafon why they (liould dive 

 where the Bottom is level and fandy. That the 

 Motion of the Water defcends to a good Depth, 

 I prove from thofe Plants that grow deepeft in 

 the Sea, becaufe they all generally grow flat, in 

 Manner of a Fan, and not with Branches on all 

 Sides like Trees, which is fo contrived by the 

 Providence of Nature ; for that the Edges of 

 them do in that Poflure with moft Eafe cur the 

 Water flowing to and fro ; and fliould the flat 

 Side be objeded to the Stream, it would foon be 

 turn'd Edge-wife by the Force of it, becaufe in 

 that Site it doth leafl: refifl: the Motion of the 

 Water : Whereas, did the Branches of thefe 

 Plants grow round, they would be thrown back- 

 ward and forward every Tide. Nay, not only 

 the Herbaceous and Woody Submarine 

 Plants, b'Jt alfo the - Lithophytaxhitm- Vams".^' 

 felves, affecS this manner of growing, as 

 I have obrferv'd in various Kinds of Ccrals and 

 Fori, Hence I fufped alL thofe Relations con- 

 cerning Trees growing at the Bottom of the Sea, 

 and bringing forth Fruit there: And as for the 

 Mafdiva Nut, till better information, I adliere 



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