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REMARKS 



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THE 



CHANGES 

 OF THE 

 GLOBE. 



As foon as the lord of the, creation appears, in thefe regions, he*: 



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eradicates all thofe vegetables, which afford no nutriment to him,,. 



nd to other ufeful animals, lie opens a paffage for himfelf and his 



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affiftants.. He preferves thofe plants, and cultivates thofe vegc^ 

 tables, which afford food, and other ufeful produdians. 



All that 



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is broken, decaying,, and rotting,, he carefully clears away, pre* 

 ferving the air from putrefadtion and noxious effluvia. He opens a 

 channel for the dead, motionlefs, flagnating waters, which, being 

 endued by motion,, with new life and limpidity, become ferviceabk 

 to a whole world of creatures, for whom its fluid was originally 

 deftined:. The earth becomes dry.; its rich- foil is foon covered 

 with a new verdure, forming a brilliant fod, enamelled with the 



moft fraerant flowers. 



Every 



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'here animxals feed in thefe nev/ 



meadows, which are created by the induflry. of man>.. and fupported 



by his ingenious 



The 



of the 



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fooner begins to fade this new paradife, than man fpreads 



for 



fhort time, the refrefliing and falutary waters of "the purling, lim 

 pidflream over its furface, and reflores life and vegetation. 



Here 



a bread-fruit fpreads its fliady branches, and on thein extremities^ 



'v^e red 



offers an agreeable food to its planter. The. apple-tree, co', 



' with its golden fruit, feems to vie with the former, in the number 



and agreeable tafte of its produdions. There the young fhoots of 



a mulberry-tree grow up luxuriantly, whofe bark is foon to become 



the 



