Biit ffi of the Earth. 1 19 



faHifig be nearly certain and conftant 

 as to the iphok^ yet it varies in the feve- 

 ral Parts of the Globe ; by reafbn that 

 the Vapours float in the Atmofpherc, 

 faiHng in Clouds from place to place^ 

 and are not reftored down again in a 

 Perpendicular upon the fame precife 

 Trad of Land, or Sea, or both toge- 

 ther, from which Originally they arofe^ 

 but a^y other indifferently ; fb that fbmc 

 Regions receive back more in Rain 

 than they fend up in Vapour : as, on 

 the contrary, others fend up more in 

 Vapour than they receive in Rain: 

 nay, the very fame Region at one Sea- 

 fon feuds up more in Vapours than it 

 receives in Rain, and at another receives 

 more in Rain than it fends up in Va- 

 pour ; but the ExceiTes of one Region 

 and Seafbn compenfating the Defefts 

 of the others, the quantity rifmg and 

 falling upon the whole Globe is eqUal, 

 however different it may be in the fe- 

 veral Parts of it. 



That the Rain which falls upon the 

 Surface of the Earth partly runs off in- 

 to Rivers^ aaid thence into the Sea : and 

 partly ftnks down into the Earth, inO- 

 nuating it felf into the Interftices of the 

 Sand, Gravel, or other Matter of the 



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