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The Natural Biflory Part I. 



thofe which ufually attend Earth- 

 quakes : or thofe which are fbmetimes 

 occafioned by very high Tides, by 

 impetuous Winds, and the like; as 

 other Writers have thought. 



That they were not left behind at the 

 heginning of the World, when the Sea 

 overfpread the whole Globe, till its 

 Retreat into its affigned Chanel, and 

 that the Waters were gathered together 

 unto one place^ the third day from the 

 Commencement of the Creation ; 

 which others believed. 



That they were not left by the Seas 

 being conftrained to withdraw from 

 off certain trads of Land,Vv hich lay till 

 then at the bottom of it, but being 

 railed to an higher pitch, fb as to fur- 

 mount the Level of the Seas furface, 

 they, by that means, became Iflands 

 and habitable: the laid traQ:s being 

 thus elevated by Earthquakes, or the 

 like fubterraneous Explofions ; in fuch 

 manner as Rhodes^ Thera^ Therafia^ and 

 many other Iflands were fiippofed to 

 have been railed ; which is the Conje- 

 dure of others. 



That they were not left by the Seas 

 changing its place, receding from the 

 Parts it anciently poiTeft, and betaking 



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