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of Sicily in the Mediterranean which muft fwallowall 
the water which perpetually flows into it, otherwife ic 
muft need overflow the low land of ^gypt. For that an 
mider current ( which fome have beleived,) in the Jiraig^bts* 
mouth, will not folve this dilSculty, unlefs occafioned by 
a v2L&.Gulf that muft be placed fome where in the Jtlantic 
near the ^io/-/^^ of the ftraighty which though overflown 
and hidden by that mighty fea, yet may poflibly abforb 
the deeper waters, and fo caufe a contrary undercur- 
rent. Thus having proved that the greateft perennial 
fprings derive themlelres from the /^^ through fubter- 
raneal duUuss, from Thilofophy and profane Hijiory, he 
next appeals to the Tejiimony of the Scriptures ^ where he 
gives a new Interpretation oi EccL i. v. 7. and fliews 
how agreeable the dodtrine of the Ancient Philofophers 
is to the Jcriptures : And then proceeeds to anfwer the 
cheif Arguments of thofe who hold, that all fprings 
whatever come from rains^ &c. Where by the way he 
(hews, that there are [pri gs upon the very T^ops of Moun- 
tains, and that others rife in plain tl^^;?^^/^;^ Countreys, 
of both which he gives many inftances. Then he fliews 
how many ways vpater will afcend above its own Levels 
I. by the help of Hypogeal heats. 2. by Filtration.^, by 
t\it unequal height of divers jeas. 4. by the diftance of 
t\iQ Center of Magnitude ivomth^ center oiGravity mthc, 
Teraqueous Globe, where he indcavours to prove,that the 
fuperficies of the Pacific Jea^ is further from the center 
of Gravity, than the top of the higheft Hill on the ad* 
verfe part of the Globe, by the htX^oiftormes. And 
7. he fliews that fea water does afcend above its own Level 
by comeing into Wellsy whofe bottoms ly higher than 
the lurface of the fea next them, at high water mark. 
Next he gives the Method Nature ufes in making fea 
wzterfrejb, and whence it comes to pafs that the caverns 
through which the fea water has percolated for fo many 
ages, are not ftopt 5 and proves that the /^r //2^ j- arecar- 
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