Fart VL of the Earth. 



well of the cartilaginous and fquam- 

 inofe, as of the teftaceous and crufta* 

 ceous kinds: and that the Lakes and 

 Rivers were as plentifully furnifli'd with 

 Lake and River-Fifti of all forts. 



That the Earth was very exuberant-^ 

 ly befet with Trees^ Shrubs^ and Herbs : 

 and ftock'd with Ammals of all forts, 

 Quadrufedsy Infers ^ and Fowls: and 

 this on all fides, and in all parts of it, 

 quite round the Globe. 



That the Animal and Vegetable 

 ProduQ:ions of the Antediluvian Earth 

 did not in any wife differ from thofo of 

 the prefont Earth. That there were 

 then the very fame kinds of Animals 

 and Vegetables, and the fame fubordi- 

 nate Species under each kind that now 

 there is. That they were of the fame 

 flame and fize, as well as of the (ame 

 fhape : their Parts of the fame Fabrick, 



^Texture, Conftitution, and Colour, 

 as are thofo of the Animals and Vege- 

 tables at this day in being. 



That there were both Metalls and 

 Minerals in the Antediluvian Earth. 



^} That the Terraqueous Globe had 

 the Jame Site and Pofition in refpefl: of 

 the Sun that it now hath. That its 

 Axis was not parallel to that of the 



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