Consequences of the Deluge. 99^fo their Dews are so great, as in good inea-r 0 s. C C ?- rec °tnpence the want of Rain, and

Consequences oj

Ve tor the nounihment of Plants; as they

d iT? in S ? ain k lelK

th ur of all propose this Opinion ina ^ j 0r ds of the Author, and then discourselt[ le upon it. After he had enumerated! rvl an ^ of the high Ridges and Tracts ofh ,° Unta f ns ut the tour Quarters of the World,

J thus proceeds : Each of which far fur pasts u soal height to which the Aqueous VapoursJ themselves ascends and on the tops of whichf e Air is so cold and ratified, as to retainft a small part oj those Vapours that shall ler ° u ght thither ly the Winds. Thoje Vapours3e tefore that are raised copiously in the Sea,ly the Winds are carried over the towf a>t ds to those Ridges of Mountains, are theref COfn t>ellf>d 1 > V th P dream of the Air to mount

to the tops oj itje --

presently precipitates gleeting down■' ' - n ,rt nf the

r with itWater

£ ' "-Hicr fJicjCHiuy . 0 ^

sr the Crannies of the Stone ; and par's of the

t js our entring into the Cavities of the Hills ,

. e Water thereoj gathers , <11 in an Alemlick,

mt ° the Basons of Stone it finds ; which be -

Jl once filled, all the overplus oj water that

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n3es thither , runs over ly the lowest place ,the fides of the HilfsMany of theje runningGuts between the Ridges

own ly the Valleys