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pFaces, but varies acGording t6 the dif- 

 ferent height of thofe Mountains, and 

 to the extent of the Plane at top of 

 them : to the different co?(^Jifienct and 

 durablenefs of the Strata, whereof they 

 confift: and according as they are 

 more or lefi difturbed by Showers f , f m^kh 

 FloH^him , or other Accidents. Nay ^^f^ 

 thisDeterration varies in difterent parts Um in 

 of even the lame Mountain ; thofe /^^j^^ 

 M^hich lye nearer to the Brink or Mar- ^inltUrt? 

 gin of it fuffering a quicker and greater Vid. Part 

 Decrement than thofe which are more ^' ^^"^-^^ 

 remote therefrom, and towards the 

 middle of it. But though this Devo- 

 lution be thus different, 'tis not any 

 where, even where greateft, very con- 

 fiderable ; and therefore does not make 

 any great Aheration in the Face of the 

 Earth- This I have learnM from Ob- 

 fervations purpofely made in feveral 

 Parts of England. \ and when I (halljin 

 the larger Work, propofe the Standard. 

 whereby I give Judgment of it, any 

 one may prefently and eafily inform 

 himfelf of the quantity and meafure of 

 It, either here, or in any other part 

 of the World. 



There are indeed fbme other Caju^ 

 alties that the Globe is obnoxious unto; 



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