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dtfcendiqg, than Showers ; and by 

 th/e are,ca;ufed thofe mighty periodical 

 JmndMipjis oith^Niley the Niger ^ the 

 Rio d^ VMtA : the Ganges : the Rio de 

 las AmazenaSy i^Q Rio de U Plat a^ zTvi 

 oriiqr Rivers of thofe Countries ; to 

 which Imndatiom Egyps ^ througI| 

 which the AV/(? flows, the Indies^ and 

 the reft^ owe jtheir extraordinary Ferti-: 

 lityy and thofe mighty Crops they pro- 

 duce after thefe Waters are witbtf 

 drawn frqip off their Fields 5 jR4i^>- 

 wattr,^ 2is have already noted %*p^^,47i 

 carrying along with it a fort of terrjgT , 

 fl:ri^rMa^^ that fertijiizes the Land, 

 as being proper for t]^ Formatio^^.^ 

 Vegetables. ' ^ ' ' 7'^: ^ 



That when ih^ Heat the exteri-^ i 

 our Parts of the Earth, and in the^ 

 ambieiit Air, is lefs than that in the 

 interipyr, the Evaporations are likewife 

 lefs ; and the Springs and Rivers there- ^ 

 upon do not only ceafe to be dimim^-^ 

 ed f , proportionably to the Relaxation | co?if, 

 oftht Heaty but are much augwmted;p^*i^s* 

 a great part of the Water, which af^ 

 cends to the Surface of the Earth in 

 pour^ popping there ^ for want of Heat to 

 mount it thence up into the Atmo- 

 fphere, and fatmating the fuperficial 



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