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fervable that in aii Almanack of theirs, written in the 
Sanfcript Language in 1670, tJiey make the \¥orId then 
3892771 years old from its laft Creation. 
The Bramims of Perjia. tell certain long ftories* of a 
great Gyanc that was led into a moft delicate Garden, 
which upon certain conditions Ihould be his own for 
ever. But one evening in a cool fnade, one of the. 
Wicked Dewtas^ or Spirits, came to him, and tempted 
him with vaft fumms of Gold, and all the moft preci- 
ous Jewels that can be imagined ^ but he courageoufly 
withftood that temptatipn, as not knowing what va- 
lue or u(e they were of : But at length this wicked 
Dewta, brought to him a fair Woman, v/ho fo charmU 
him, that for her fake he moft willingly broke all his 
Conditions, and thereupon was turned out. 
They tell a great many ftories, abfard and ridiculous 
enough, of the firft ages of this prefent World, which 
v\^ould be too tedious here to take notice of 5 only I' 
fhall here give you out of one of their own Books what 
they tell us of a great Flood that formerly happened. 
They fay, that about 21000 years ago the Sea over- 
whelmed and drowned the whole Earth, except one 
great Hill, far to the Northwards, called B/W^^/, and 
that there fled thither only one woman and feven men, 
the names of whom were, Dehoolah^ Sit7tnuk,^ Snmiaud^ 
Trilleekj Sannotdh^ CnpfyloJIjavp^ Surafchah and Burroo^ 
pwg 3. thefe, underftanding out of their Books that 
luch a Flood would come, and was then adrually com- 
ing, prepared againft the fame, and repaired thither 5 
to which place alfo went two of all fort of Creatures^ 
Herbs, Trees, and Grafles, and of every thing that had 
life, to the number in all of i Sococo living SoulSc 
This Flood (fay they) lafted 120 years, 5 months and\ 
5 days : After which time all thofe Creatures that were- 
thus preferved, defcended down again and replenifticdt. 
the Earth: But- as for the 7 men and woman, only one- 
