Consequences of the Deluge.

^P s ‘ The Trees , which inss Vjfnds 0/Ferro,^.Thomas and i«Guiny,of 1^ *° f urni fo ^ je Inhabitants with mosts * seir water.ft and on the fides of vast Morn -tytV * ^offius in his Notes on Pomponiusj > > a ^ irwi ^ Jem t0 Arborescent Fern-

\ f ^ 6u gh indeed, according to Paludanus^ drf d Sample Jent to the Duke of Wirtea-r § they Jeem rather to le of the Laurel kind;r saps there are many different forts of thorn.

I e }ieve there is something in the many Re-ss l °ns of Travellers and Voyagers concerningn% e Trees ; hut then Ifancy they are all mi-t jf en > tvhen they fay, the water issues out ofc Trees The Vapors stop's by the Mountainsc f dense and distil down by the Boughs. Therefng no Mountains in Egypt, may be one rea-fwhy there is little or no Rain in that Coun-js> a »d consequently no fresh Springs ; thcre-i/ e * n t ^ eir Caravans they carry all theirf te r with them in great Borracio’s,<i»c/ theyq e she Inundation of their River Nile to thef tl0 »arj or periodical Rains on the highff ts of Æthiopia. This may be the cause thatf Va st Ridge and Chain of Mountains in Pe-pj ar e continually water d , when the greatatf ii in that Countrey are all dry d up ands c h t. This Hypothesis concerning the Ori-°f springs from Vapours , may hold bet-f * n those hot Regions within and near the

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