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by this meins rifes above its Levell, yet it does never tm ost 
at the top of the Pipe* Having fail this, he anfwers to the o< 
ther Arguments, commonly alledged to maintain this Opinion. 
3. He pretends , .that all Rivers proceed from a Colluvies or 
Rendevous of Rain-waters , and that, as the Water, that falls upon 
Hills , gathers more cafily together , than that which fails in Plaines \ 
therefore it is , that Rivers ordinarily take their Source from Hills. 
Thence alfo comes it ( faies he ) that there are more Rivers , than 
Torrents , in the Temperate Zones ; and , on the contrary * more 
Torrents, than Rivers, in the Torrid Zone i For, as in hot Climats 
the Mountains are far higher , the Water , that defcends from them 
with impetuofity, runs away in a little while , and formes fuch 
Collcdions of Water , as foon dry up •, but in cold Climats , the 
Waters do not run away but flowly, and are renew'd and’ re- 
cruited by Rain, before they are quite dryed up; becaufe the 
Hills are there lower , and fo the Bed of Rivers hath lelTe de- 
clivity. 
Having thus difcourfed of Rivers in General, he treats of the Nils 
in particular j and there 
I* Observes, That the Order of the Seafons of the Year Is quite 
inverted under the Torrid Zone , For, whereas it (hould be then 
Summer , when the Sun is near ; and Winter , when the Sun is 
farther off: Under the Torrid Zone Tis never lelTe hot, than when 
the Sun is neareft^ nor more hot, than when the Sun is fartheO: 
<&IF: So that to the people that live between the ^Z^uinoctial and 
the Tropickj , Summer begins about Chrifimafs , and their Winter, 
about St. Johns day. The reafon whereof is , ( faith he) that 
when the Sun is dirediy over their Heads , it raifes abundance of 
vapors , and draws them fo high , -that they are prelently conver- 
ted into Water by the coldneffe of the Air- whence it comes to 
palTe , that then it rains continually, which does refrefh the Air* 
but when the Sun is farther off , there falls no more rain, and fo the 
Heat becomes infupportable. 
2. He proves by many recent Relations , that the Sources of 
k- 3re 00 l ^ S l ^ e O'Equinocti^l in tsEthiopia* of 
which he gives a very accurate Mappe,, correding many faults 
Which Geographers are wont to commit in the Defcription of the 
Kingdom of the Ahpffms , which they believe to be much greater 
than indeed it is, 
S 2 3*, This 
