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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  globe 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  habitable 
  is 
  almost 
  

   certain. 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  thing 
  

   from 
  supposing 
  that 
  the 
  Flood 
  affected 
  only 
  

   a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  which 
  was 
  then 
  

   inhabited. 
  The 
  wide, 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  universal 
  

   prevalence 
  among 
  the 
  heathen 
  nations, 
  of 
  a 
  

   tradition 
  preserving 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  some 
  

   such 
  great 
  catastrophe, 
  has 
  always 
  been, 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  to 
  indicate 
  recollection 
  carried 
  by 
  

   descent 
  from 
  the 
  surviving 
  few. 
  And 
  this 
  

   tradition 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  curiously 
  strong 
  and 
  

   definite 
  among 
  tribes 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  separated 
  

   by 
  half 
  the 
  circumference 
  of 
  the 
  globe 
  

   from 
  the 
  region 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  Flood. 
  At 
  

   all 
  events 
  this 
  is 
  clear, 
  that 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  

   reconciling 
  the 
  narrative 
  of 
  Genesis 
  with 
  an 
  

   indefinitely 
  older 
  date 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  diffi- 
  

  

  