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much to feefc what was become of it, 

 or where it could ever find a Gleierva- 

 tory capable of containing it. 'Tis 

 true there have been feveral who have 

 gone about to inform them^ arid fet 

 them to rights in this Matter ; but 

 for want of that Knowledge of the 

 prefent Syftem of Nature : and that 

 infight into the StruQ:ure and Confti- 

 tution of the Terraqueous Globe,which 

 waineceffary for fuch an Undertaking, 

 they have not given the SatisfaQ:ioa 

 that was expected. So far from it that 

 the greatefi part of thefe , feeing no 

 where Water enough to efFeft a Gemral 

 Deluge, were forced at laft to mince 

 the Matter, and make only a Partial 

 one of it ; reftraining it to one fingle 

 Country : to Afia^ or fbme leffer por- 

 tion of Land ; than which , nothing 

 can be more contrary to the MofaM 

 Narrative, 



For the refty they had recoitrfe to 

 Shifts which were not much better ^ 

 and rather evaded than Iblved the Dif^ 

 ficulty ; Ibme of them imagining that 

 a quantity of Water^ fiifficient to make 

 liich a Deluge, was created upon that 

 Occafion, and, when the bufinefs was 

 done, all disbanded again and annihila- 



