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fequently lying many of them upon ^ "'^ 

 the Surface of the Earth, thofe which 

 were of confiderable Bulk, as the big- 

 ger forts of Trees, which had large 

 and fpreading Heads, would lye with 

 their Branches ftretch'd up to a great 

 height in the Water, (and, when that 

 was withdrawn in the Air ||,) and ioaj^ ^^^.^^ 

 being very much in the Waters way, Poft^e'lis 

 when it began to depart and retire ^j^^^^^^^ 

 back again, would be apt to be remo- Tree ily' 

 ved and driven forward along with it^ fromwhuh 

 efpecially thofe which lay in fuch pla- Jti'y 

 ces where the Current happened to run the Leaf 

 ftrong- Accordingly we now find of ^^^^^ 

 thefe Trees in Iflands, and the other mtfrn^h, 

 bleaker and colder Parts of the Earth, <^^«*viu. 

 where none now do, or perhaps ever 

 did, grow^. And there they are of^^^^^^^ 

 mighty ufe to the Inhabitants, afford- f^^g. 11%. 

 ing them a Supply of Timber which ^"P^^- 

 their own Country doth not yield, and 

 which they employ not only for Fewel, 

 which yet is much needed in thole cold 

 Countries, but for Building likewife, 

 and many other Purpofes; whereas in 

 the Places whence they were thus dri- 

 ven they would have been ufelefs, yea 

 but an Incumberance , and might be 

 eafily Ipared, for as long as the Seeds 



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