DEL 
to cover it again, yet it is not eafy to conceive or ree 
ae to sa cian on any bela es e 
effe y mere natural m The Ss which were 
rer in Oe clouds, nee indeed, defecnd upon the 
earth, and that in ey or fpouts of water, as the Sep- 
tuagint interprets * the dacs of heaven,”? and thus a 
great inundation jaa be occafioned in the lower grounds ; 
but as the clouds could pour down no more water than they 
contained, aches moe foon be exhaufted, though it fhould 
. oie from the long continuance 2 rain, that the fhowers 
‘iy moderate gra The fudterraneous 
ee would afford a more i er fupply, but it is diffi- 
cult to account for their being raifed and perhaps more dif- 
ficult afterwards to difpofe of and remove Keay Whillt we 
are unable to affign any natural caufe that would be effetual 
for this purpote, we may refolve it into the divine power, 
whi-h might, on this oce afion, fo far controul the ufual courte 
e to feiss that pean in a f{pe- 
rthelefs, we ae no meaas 
t! Buffon, that to en an expla= 
maa of the univerfal deluge and of its phyfical caufes ; to 
pretcad to give a detail of what paffed during this great revo- 
lution; and to conjeéture what effeéts have refulted froin it ; 
indicate a prefamptanas defire of ne the power of the 
Aimighty. be ae y was no lefs con- 
eee and m 
deloge ain in accomp:ifhing his purpc 
aétuates the pce of phyfical cautes or fufpcnds and 
controuls any of the eftablithed laws of nature. Tae inquiry 
into the modus operands, conduéted with modefty, and with a 
contiant regard to the Mofaic account of this extraordinary 
a doubt, — lefs a difbelicf 
omnipotent and ail- ee of 
s of tofidelity, on have be en 
cial manner iterpok e. 
Gopt sy e opicion of 
of the agency of t 
nature, nor juice thole charges 
too freely aud didly made on thofe who inveftigate thi 
difp- nfation eae Providence. “ It mav {till be urged.” i 
fay sthis pal Saati (Nat. Hift. by Sme'lic,voi.i. p.131.) ¢ 
* that. as the univerfal deiuge is an eftablifhed ta. is it not 
lawful to alo: upon its confequences ? ? True. 
a 
yourielf with what is recorded in Scripture; and you muf, 
above all, avoid blending bad philofophy with the posty me: 
divine truth. After taking thefe precautions, which a re- 
{peét for the counfels of the Almighty requires, what remains 
or examination, upon the fubje& of the deluge? Do the 
facred wines tell us, that the mountains were formed by 
the deluge? ‘hey tell us the reverfe. Do they fois us 
that the agitation of the waters was fo great, as to raife the 
fhells from the bottom of the ocean, and to difperfe them 
over the face of the earth? No: the ark moved gently on 
the furface of the waters. Do they tell us, that the earth 
fuffered a total diffolution? , no i 
the facred hiftorian is fimple a d true; that of naturalifts is 
complicated and fabulous.” ‘fe Theory of the Eantuy, and 
ge 
VIN, in Natural Hiffory, a name fometimes given 
by eee miners in Cornwall to that fort of talcy ftone or flate, 
which they more generally call £éd/as ; but in fome places, 
as at ee they ufe it as oe name ca a coarfe, 
but very hard ftone, in which the e is tin, 
sae is ae peranh oh eae but the hardoefs ithe ftone 
sit difficult to be got out. 
Decv In, in rn oes a town of European Turkey, 
means, S narration of ing t 
DEM 
in the province of Albania; 36 miles S. W. of Del- 
no s 
DELVING, in Agriculture, a word which implies the 
aes of digging, or turning up the foil by means of a 
d 
MA, ir i de a a river of Ruffia, which runs into 
the Bielaia, at Uph 
DEM ES, in Biography,’ an Athenian orator, ori- 
ginally a mariner, was taken prifoner by Philip of Macedon: 
e was a man of corrupt principles, but was far-famed for 
his eloquence and powers of perfuafion, He checked king 
hilip in his immoderate exultation after the battle of Che- 
ronea, charging im with ating the part of a Sp oot pauai 
of i tating the more noble conduct o 
Philip took the rebuke in 
confidential friend. with the Mocconas ay 
againft Demofthenes and the oti: aia When Alex 
ander infliéted his 
punith the guilty b t at 
the hea. of an emball > to. Alexander, te ecared “them 
_ great sree! and admitted the Athenians to his fa- 
our. Demades was pale one fined for propofing edits 
ontrary to law, and w one time declared infamous, 
aia pie aa of eke in cue ten alfembly. He howe 
ever recovered his authority, and was the means of carrying 
the deere by y linha Demotthenes was condemned to death. 
So merc as Demades, that Antipater was para aae 
to fay, aa eh his two Athenian friends, he could get Pho- 
cion to accept of nothing, and could never fatisfy Dende. 
He was as profufe in fpending, as rapacious in acquiring a 
Sui He at length paid the penalty of his crimes: be» 
ed of a traitorous correfpondence with the ence 
cation of feeing his own “fon ; ing to Cic 
Demades p fic ffed in his ipeeclies more afk Attic fale a 
any other orator. extremely ready at extempore 
addrefles and has cccfionally fupported Demolthenes when 
by popular 
ong and pointed manner of 
ander’s death. Demades refufed to give any credit t 
report 3 * for ? faid he, ‘¢ if Alexander were dead, the whole 
world would {mell of the carcafe.?? Univer. Hi ft, 
Claire Ra ee raphy, a town of Egypt; 6 miles 
NW. of Man graphy SYP 
DEMAI nay or DEMESNE, i in its popular fenfe, arg 
the lord’s anor puee, with the lands thereto belonging ; 
which he and his anceftors have from time to time Peas in 
their own manual occupation, 
Demalin, or maar in a law- fenfe, fignifies, accord- 
o Hottoman 0 
Ifo i 
e author prove eth ice lands to be demain, which 
a man boldeth originally of himfelf ; and thofe to be feodum, 
rd. 
which he holdeth of a fuperior rs 
In Eng land, ho common per 
on the cro 
fignify his land t 
feifed thereof in his demain, as of fee er 
that although his land be to him, and his hei 
it is no true demain, but ieseni upon a fierce ba, tnd 
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