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Climate and Region of the Globe. For 

 example, thofe Countries which lye 

 in the Torrid 2k)nc ^ and under or 

 near the Lme^ where the Heat is ve- 

 ry great, are furnilhed with Moun- 

 tains anfwerable; Mountains which 

 both for Bigneft and Number furpafs 

 thofe of colder Countries as much as 

 the Heat there furpaffes that of thole 

 Countries. Witnels the And^s^ that 

 prodigious Chain of Mountains in 

 South America.: Atlas in Africa : Tmrm 

 in A ft A : the A /pes and Pyrenees of Eu^ 

 rope^ to mention no more. By thefe 

 is collected and difpenfed forth a quan- 

 tity of Water proportionable to the 

 Heat of thofe Parts; fo that although, 

 by reafon of the Excels of this Heat 

 there, the Evaporations from the 

 Springs and Rivers are very greats yet 

 they, being, by thefe larger Supplies^ 

 continually ftock'd with an Excels of 

 Water as great ^ yeild a Mais of it for 

 the ule of Mankind, the Inhabitants 

 of thofe Parts, of the other Animals, 

 and of Vegetables, not much, if at all, 

 inferiour to the Springs and Rivers of 

 colder Climates. That befides this, 

 the Waters thus evaporated and mount- 

 ed up into the Air, thicken and cool 



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