The Natural Hiflory Part^o 



ef^damage or diforder the Globe : nor is 

 it any the leaft Detriment or Difad^ 

 vantage to the ProduQ;ions of it, to 

 Vegetables, to Animals, and particu- 

 larly to Mankind : nor does it thwart 

 and interfere with the grand Defign of 

 Providence, viz. the Confirvation of 

 the Globe, and the Propagation of Bo- 

 dies upon it, for the ufe of Man. So 

 far from this, that it is very highly 

 beneficial and ferviceable to both 5 

 which will further appear if we con- 

 fider. 



That in the firft Ages after the De- 

 luge, when the number of Mankind, 

 of Quadrupeds, and of the other Ani- 

 mals was but fmall, the Vallies and 

 Plains were more than fiifBcient for 

 their Habitation and Ufe. And, by 

 fuch time as that Stock of them was 

 enlarged, that they were further fpread 

 and multiplied, and thereby the Earth 

 fo far peopled and repIenifhM that the 

 Hills and higher Grounds began to be 

 needed; thole Rocks and Mountains 

 which in the firft Ages were high, 

 fteep, and craggy, and conlequently 

 then inconvenient and unfit for Habi- 

 tation, were by this continual Deter- 

 ration brought to a lower pitchy ren- 

 dered 



