the Natural Hifloty Part VI 



PART VI. 



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Concerning the State of the Earthy 

 and the ProduBions of ity before 

 the Deluge, 



THE Thread of this Difcourfe 

 draws now near to an End; 

 and I have reafon to fear that, by this 

 time, the Reader, as well as my felf^ 

 thinks it high time that it were quite 

 ipun out. For which reafon I fhalf 

 not any longer preliime upon his Pati- 

 ence farther than needs I muft. 



In the five foregoing Parts of this 

 Eflay I lay down what I have to pro- 

 pofe relating to the Condition of the 

 Earth during the time of the Deluge, 

 and ever fince that time. And here I 

 am to make a Stand : to look a great 

 way back: and make fbme Reflexions 

 upon the Pofture of Things before the 

 Deluge. 



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