Part Qf ®ax,tness of the sea. 313 
>^y sea impregnated, in a greater or less 
S '^iquanh/ ’ ™"sthave gradually acquired 
K .^fce i°ng-f^ontinued influx of 
Xl^'gain c IS carried into the sea by tliese 
over it by evaporation, and being 
N.'^^Poor , "'tmosphere by winds, soon descends in 
'Whence it 
\ Sill. . . the bosom of the ocean the fresh tri- 
®^it it u ® bosom of the ocean the fresh tri- 
•'’"''cyed'’- *“ progress. Thus 
'Veved : r progress, ihus 
nin,; being a volatile substance, 
i.-'ietl ■‘'iasin“rr mcessant circulation, must ' 
elf 5 3nd sufficient time, 
creation, for ' 
^itiit^Pinion present quantity of s 
'D(l 
i/'^'^lno- • r' iiuuaiauce 
^«d T«asin“rr ‘“essant circulation, must be a perpe- 
‘ K.1* S Ouanflfv • an/t con 
the sea to 
’™ion h"u''"' “■° Pmsent quantity of salt. 
fresh successfully combated ; and it is 
Von. " ■W'ater rivers can. in the course of many 
the sea. If this 
il' tf rivers can, in im 
.®ase’ produced saltness in 
X ’■‘.''ers,'’ or great, body of water, which 
salt, and have possessed a 
V t|w^® rivers if quantity of water 
’•>> c "le Pah, *is from being 
X^»otis, and the great American lakes, 
may mdeed be 
V th»’ "“*• may indeed be 
arid u rivers cariy along 
\ . to ^L. -^yiieriLa, ana me 1 alas Maeotis are 
l'h!''^toi'^^*rrmo,L?fl?‘““'. "'frrcb is merely hypothetical, 
vC of ® objections. It is a curious fact, 
al^^duali; gr'eatest under the line, and 
r^*?®d thf i rtoannot there- 
X.'H (fSiotis ri,^ contains more salt in the 
CriSv again ^nd 
J-fr it^ef]/^^”,'” ^"S‘d zones. On the 
X >s. if ®*^'^«'ed tliat the sea receives its saltncss 
C'rCf the f® "'=‘''‘‘'y 
if Princinl • ’ according to a simple and 
l'\^^remistry, when ajiy substance is 
ftf ^h,e assistance of agitation, at 
thr ‘^’°-tcr it is introduced, it will be 
°“gh the whole liquid. New, though 
