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REMARKS 



N 



T H S 



LANDS. 



» 



defend any 



hypotliefis relative to: the. 



I pretend not to 

 theory of the earth ; but, if we caO; 

 fpheres of our globe, fuch as they are known fince our lafl voyage^, 



our e\ 



two hem 



they feem to offer fome curious particulars to our view. 

 . All the remarkable Southern points of lands on our globe, have 

 a great and ilriking fnnilarity in regard to their conformation, and 



r vicinity. They are all high and 



the fit 



of ifland 



ky; each feen 



the 



be the extremity of 



ge of high 



g northward 



All have to the eailward 



more 



F 



large iilands. Nay, if we continue the comparifon, all continents 



have a great iinuofity on the wefl-fide towards the north. So many 



accidental., but 



ciding circumfl:ances feem, not to be. merely 



rather to proceed from 



and the fame general caufe 



I do 



pretend to point out this firft caufe, but 



help fufped;ing 



3r 



iolent flood 



g 



from the fouth-wefl has produced th 



flrildng identity of conformation in thefe lands, though lean nei 



point out the time when this g 



revolution happened, nor. 



It fuffices to have 



affign any reafon for its operating in this manner. 



mentioned the faa, and hinted at the next caufe, without any of 



tentation. 



H^ 



America has the Andes running from the South to the North, 



ajnd ending in Cape Fro ward, nay, 

 flreight to Cape Horn. The fmuofity 



extending even beyond the 



Wefl-fide 



evident 



about 



