the Natural Htflory Part Vi. 



been otherwife needlefs and fijperflu- 

 ous : which are direftly levelled againft 

 thefe Miftakes : and evince that where- 

 ever he hath receded from the Mofaick 

 Account of that Earthy he hath at th© 

 fame time alfo receded from Nature, 

 and Matter of FaQ: ; and this purely 

 from the aforefaid Obfervations ; frorri 

 which I (hall prove, 



That the Face of the Earth, before 

 the Deluge, was not fmooth^ eaven,and 

 uniform : but unequal^ and diftinguifhM 

 with Mountains J Valleys^ and Plains; 

 as alio with Sea^ Lakes, and Rivers. 



That the ^antity Water upon the 

 Surface of the Globe was nearly the 

 lame as now : the Ocean of the fame 

 Extent^ and pofTeft an equal fhare of 

 the GlobQ ; intermixing with the Land 

 fb as to checquer it into Earth and 

 Water, and to make much the fame 

 Diverfities of Sea and Land that we 

 behold at prefent. 



That the Water of the Sea was fa- 

 turated with Salt^ in like manner as 

 now it is : that it was agitated with 

 Tides y or a Flux and Reflux: with 

 Storms, and oth^r Commotions. 



That the Sea was very abundantly 

 repknifi?ed mth Fijh of all kinds : as 

 " ' well 



