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Earth from the Shores is gradually higherand higlier, to the middle and parts moii re-mote from the Sea, as is evident by the de-scents of the Rivers, they requiring a con-stant declivity to carry them down; so theSea likewise is proportionably deeper anddeeper from the Shores to the middle. Sothat the rising of the Earth from the Shoresto the Mid-Iand is answerable to the descentor declivity of the bottom of the Sea from thelame shores to the Mid-Sea. This rising oftlie Earth from the Shores gradually to theMid-land, is so considerable, that it is verylikely the Altitude of the Earth in tholeMid-land parts above the Superficies of theSea, is greater than that of the . Mountainsv above the level of the adjacent Lands. Tothe height of the Hills above the common' Superficies of the Earth do answer in Brere-'voois Opinion the extraordinary Dephts orWhirl-pools that arc found in the Sea, de-pending beneath the ordinary bottom of theSea, as the Hills ascend above the ordinaryPee of the Land. But this is but a conje-Hurc of his, and to me it seems not veryProbable, because it is not likely there shouldin the Sea extraordinary Depths of thatlength and extension, as those hugestages of Mountains that run almost quitethrough the Continents. And because I have