Part III. of the Earth. J 5 3 



without filch Fifliires and Interruptir 

 ons. That thefe Fiffures have a ftill 

 further ufe, and ferve for Receptacles 

 of Metalls, and of feveral forts of Mi- 

 nerals ; which are arretted by the War 

 ter in its paflage thither through the 

 ^Vr^^tf wherein the fingle Corpufcles 

 of thofe Metalls and Minerals were 

 lodged f , and borne along with it in- 1 part 4. 

 to thefe Fiffures ; where, being by this ^'"f- ^ 

 means collei9:ed, they are kept in ftore 

 for the ufe of Mankind. 



That though there had been both 

 folid StraU to have condensed the ai- 

 cending Vapour ; and thofe fb broken 

 too as to have given free Vent and 

 IfTue to the Water fo condenfed ; yet 

 had not the faid Strata been diflocated 

 likewife |j : fonje of them elevated, and ii Part 2. 

 others deprefs'd, there would have '^""•f- ^'7'' 

 been no Cavity or Chanel to give Re- 

 ception to the Water of the Sea : no 

 Rocks, Mountains, or other Inequali- 

 ties in the Globe ; and without thefe, 

 the Water, which now arifes out of 

 ir, maft have all f^agnated at the Sur- 

 face, and could never poflibly have 

 been refunded forth upon the Earth: 

 nor would there have been any Rivers, 

 or running Streams, upon the face of 

 '^^^ ' ' . the 



