Part L of the Earth. f i 



fcyrdj Sidep^e, and the adjacent Coun- 

 tries, upon the Coafts of the Euxine 

 Sea, were not formed out of the Mud 

 brought down by the Jfter^ Thermodon^ 

 Iris, and the other Rivers which dif- 

 charge themfelves into that Sea. That 

 Thejfaly was not raifed out of the Mud 

 born down by the River Femm : the 

 Iflands EchimdeSj or Curz^oUri^ out of 

 that brought by the ^l^tx Achdoti^ : 

 CilicU^ by the River Fyramm : Myfia^ 

 hydiAy lonh^ and other Countries of 

 Anatolia^ by the Caicus^ Hermm^ C^/- 

 fier^ and the other Rivers which pais 

 through them. To be fhort, That 

 no Ifland or Country in the whole 

 World was ever raifed b}^ this means, 

 Kiotwithftanding that very many Au- 

 thors, and fbme of confiderable note^ 

 have beheved that all the abovemen- 

 tioned Countries were fb raifed ; nayj 

 to fb ftrange a height of Extravagance 

 do fome, otherwile Learned and Cu- 

 rious, Perfbns run, when they indulge 

 Fancy too far, and rely wholly upon . 

 ProbabiHties and Conjeftares, there is 

 hardly any one fingle Ifland or Coun- 

 try all round the Globe, that one Wri- 

 ter or other hath not thought to have 

 been fornsed after this manner, or 



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