the Natural Hiftory Part IIL 



the whole Globe, had not the Strau 

 been thus railed up, and the Hills ex- 

 aked above the neighbouring Valleys 

 and Plains ; whereby the Heads and 

 Sources of Rivers, which are in thofe 

 Hills, were alio borne up above the 

 ordinary Level of the Earth, fb as that 

 they may flow upon a Defcent, or an 

 inclining Plane, without which they 

 could not flow at all f . 



That this Affair was not tranfafted 

 unadvifedly, cafually, or at random: 

 but with due Condu£l, and jufl: Mea- 

 fures. That the quantity of Matter 

 confolidated : the Number, Capacity, 

 and Difl:ances of the Fiflures : the Si- 

 tuation, Magnitude, and Number of 

 the Hills, for the condenfing,, and diP 

 charging forth the Water ; and, in a 

 word, all other things were fa ordered 

 as that they might kj} conduce to the 

 E^d whereunto they were deftgmdznA 

 ordained : and ftch provifion made 

 that a Country fliould not want fb ma- 

 ny Springs and Rivers as were conve^ 

 nient and requifite for it : nor, on the 

 other hand, be over- run with them, 

 and afford little or nothing elfe ; but a 

 Supply every where ready, fuitable to 

 the KeccfSties and Expencss of each 



Climate 



