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observed the Waters ofRivers that flow gent'ly, but especially of the Sea to level tltf jbottoms of their Channels and Receptacles pas may be seen in those parts of the Sea whofij cbottoms are uncovered at Low-water ; and tin dry Lands that have been deserted by the rSea, as the Fens in the Isle of Ely , and the rCraux in Provence in France , Gc. which ap' tpear to be a perfect Level, as far as one cod jken. Though possibly the motion of the tSea may not descend down so low as those jDepths, and ib may not level the bottoms jof them.

But against what I have said concerning ]the levelling of the bottom of the Sea , ic tmay be objected, That Mariners and Divers (find no such thing, but the quite contrary , ,

viz. That the bottom of the Sea is as une- jqual as the Land , sometimes ten or twelve ;Fathoms on one fide of the Ship, and Onehundred on the other, as Mr. Boyl tells usin his Relations about the bottom of the Sea, -consonant whereto arc the Accounts of Di'vers. And 1 have (faith my worthy FriendDr. Tanc. Robinson in one of his Letters tome) read in Voyages , of vast Rocks of Sailobfervd in some places under the Sea.

To which I answer, That I should indeedhave excepted such places as are rocky,whichbear a very little proportion to the Latitude

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