fart llL of the Bank 



carry it on, I have taken in the pint 

 Affiftanpe of other Hmds^ and fiiper* 

 addedj to my own^ all fuch Rdatkm 

 as I could procure from Perfons whole 

 Judgment and Fidelity might fafely be 

 reived upon, about the Sea^^ Lakes^^ 

 Rivers, Springs, and Rain, not only 

 of this Ifland, but many other Parts of 

 the World belides. Nor do I negleft 

 thofe which are already extant in the 

 PubU(hed Difcourfes of diligent and in- 

 quifitive Men. 



From all which Obfervations, joy n- 

 ed with thole made by my feif , 1 

 prove, 



That there is a mighty CoUeciion of 

 Water incloled in the Bowels of the 

 Earthy conftituting an huge Orb in the 

 interiour or central Parts of it ; upon 

 the Surface of which Orb of Water the 

 terreftrial Strata are expanded. That 

 this is the fame which Mofes calls the 

 Great Deep^ or Abjf/: the ancient Gen- 

 tile Writers, Erebu^^ and Tartarus. 



That the Water of this Orb commu- 

 mcates with that of the Ocean^ by means 

 of certain Hiatus's or Chafmes paffing 

 betwixt it and the bottom of the Ocean. 

 That they have the fame common 

 Center, around which the Water of 



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