I ^ iht Natural Etflory Part IIL 



fm mtlier, that I may be as b-ief as 

 fpfiblcj and avoid all oeedleft Repe* 

 titioK^ to wa?e them for a while, till 

 I lia^e fir ft offtred what 1 have to fay 



The W^ter therefore of the Globe, 



as well ch^t rclideor in it^ as that which 

 ioits epoo it^ is the Subject which I 

 perpofe here to profeciite. In order 

 whcrciiorci., I lliall feb-divide this third 

 Part iero two Seftioos ; the^ former 

 wti€TOf will comprehend what relates 

 to tfie prefeot aod natural State of the 

 Fluids m and upon the Earth: the 

 otte^ what concerns that extraordina- 

 ry Chasge of this State which hap- 

 pened at the Deluge J and how that 

 Change was wrought. 



At the Head of the ^rft of thefe Se- 

 i&ioos I prefix a new fet ofOlffervatiom 

 tmcin^ the Fluids of the Terraqueous 

 Giah : the Sea, Rivers, and Springs : 

 the Water of Mines, of Cole-pits : of 

 Cave^^ Grdtts, and the .like RecefTcs: 

 as aifo^ coocerfjing Vapours, Rain, Hail^ 

 and Snow. 



Am btcaOfe this is a Sobjed of thatf 

 W2i&: LatuiKie tfiat the Strength of one 

 fiogle Man wili' icarcely. be reckoned 

 fii&ieot €lFe£lually icy cultivate and 



carry; 



