8o Sir Benjamin Thompson's Experiments, &c . 
return towards the equator, carrying with them refreshment 
for those parching climates,. 
The wisdom and goodness of Providence have often been 
called in question with regard to the distribution of land and 
water upon the surface of our globe, the vast extent of the 
ocean having been considered as a proof of the little regard that 
has been paid to man in this distribution. But, the more light 
we acquire relative to the real constitution of things, and the 
various uses of the different parts of the visible creation, the 
less we shall be disposed to indulge ourselves in such frivolous 
criticisms. 
