'5E0LOGI CAL CHANGES OF THE EARTH. 213 
which the rains 
I ^uc sea, and the 
lUliv - ’ 
channels through 
|lVs, jj. Ihe sea, and the successive deposits on their 
3iS;in|^’^'‘-“Ked by the wind and sun, have, in five or six 
created such tracts of alluvial soil, as those 
I’resent themselves in contiguity with most 
v''’ilur *>011, thus assembled and compounded, is 
_ J’s nature to the rocks and hills whence it was 
Itaving been so pulverized, and so divided by 
f'Sttlabi’g ^ fp'rtns the finest medium for the, secretion of all 
l”’'“ciples, and hence the banks of rivers are the 
J'lily ^^Eesidences of man. Should the channel con- 
.‘'*"’'C'v itself more and more, till it becomes 
“1 its 
more anu more, 
course, or at its outlet, then, for a time. 
V.ULU ftt.. j U1 clL ILh UullC\» LiiCli^ lUl d 
k.e formed, which, in like manner, would 
J.henisel ves and disajrpear. New channels would 
or the rain would so diffuse itself over 
othpj.’ i-lie fall and the evaporation would balance 
Pla unceasing works of creation, constantly 
On this exterior surface of the earth ; where., 
s^'idcnt to the senses and experience of mati, 
(v^Se, jj’P^i'cntly ina't is in as pi-ogressive a state of 
Slit a.s tl'e operation of unceasing and immutable 
b, i,."' 'he visible sieueratious of the animal and ve- 
,>,*;^gdoms. 
Thus water, wind, and heat, the 
NEVER CEASE to be excrtcd, are con- 
H'V cew combinations, changes, and crea- 
, tib ch^ jp accord with the harmony of 
are 
in • '*■ accord with the harmony of the 
“good;” but, .if discordant, are 
p(,^^,°'Sanlzed or cxtiitgnished by contrar}' and op- 
krt a word, whatever is, is iut ; and 
•It r'’ See ** not, or soon ceases to he ! 
i.l( 3’ 'o be the governing principle of Nature — 
N I '"&s •' '"ys'ttries — the primarv law of creation ! 
''h; " Pow* proximate effects of a balance of im- 
powers are results of a luruioR- 
■while that cause is inscrutable and 
Vi^'ki; . 
^Eeatures posses.sing but a relative being, 
A Time and space, and who feel and act 
" I “'impulse of limited s , 
354, Sir Richard introduces the fo'lowing 
‘ on this very interesting subject 
