The CONTENTS.

pttual Motion of the Water disapproved, 86 , &C«That the Continents and islands are Jo equally di-spersed all the World over } as to counterbalance oneanother, (o that the Centers of Motion, Gravity , andMagnitude, concur tnone, 87, 88.

An occasional Discourse concerning the Original ofFountains, 89, 90, &c. to n6. That the Prepon-derancy of the Earth, and the Waters lying on anheap in the opposite Hemisphere, cannot be the causeof the Waters ascent in Springs, proved 86, 88,89.That Rains and Snow may suffice to feed the Springs ,and do feed the ordinary ones , proved 89, 90, 91.That the Rain-water finks down,and makes its wapinto the Earth, more than ten , or twenty, or forty,or even an hundred Foot, proved by many Argu-ments and Experiments 92,93,94,&c. Mr.Hallcy’jOpinion, That Springs and Rivers owe their Origi-nal to Vapours condensed on the fides of the Moun-tains, and mt unto Rain, propounded and approvedin great part as to hot Countries, tho' Rains eventhere not wholly excluded, p.98,99, Scc. but disal-lowed as to the more temperate and cold ones, yeteven there the Vapours granted to have a good in-ter efl in their produBion, 101, 102, &e. to 116,Observations communicated by Dr. Tancr. Robin-son, concerning the Original of Fountains, DroppingTrees, Scc. in confirmation in part of Mr. Hailcy’xOpinion 110, 111. An Experiment of mine own,in confirmation of the Ilifiories os' Dropping , orFountatn-trees, 113.

Inferences upon the supposition of the Rivers pour-ing into the Sea half an Ocean of Water daily 117,118, &C. The most probable Causes of the Deluge,viz. the emotion of the Center of the Earth, or anextraordinary depreffion of the Superficies of the Sea,121,122,123. Chap.