] i <5 Consequences of the Deluge.

imhrifera [antes tamen aquam largius quafflœstate (nisi valde pluvia fit ) vomant. That* in Winters neither snowy nor rainy, yet foutt -tains pour forth more water than in Summer ,unlefi it happen to le a very wet season. Yetare their Contributions inconsiderable, ifcompared with the supplies that are affordedby Rains. And one reason why in WinterFountains flow more plentifully, may be, be-cause then the Sun defrauds them not, norexhales any thing out of the Earth,as in Sum-mer time he doth.

Therefore whenever in this Work I haveassigned Rain to be a sufficient or only causeof Springs and Rivers, I would not be under-stood to exclude, but to comprehend there-in Mists and Vapours; which I grant tohave some interest in the production of them,even in temperate and cold Regions; and avery considerable one in Hot. Though l' cannot be perswaded, that even there theyare the sole Cause of Springs, for that therefall such plentiful and long continuing Rains,both in the Enfl and Wefi-hdies in the Sum-mer Months: widest must needs contributesomething to their Original.

But to return from whence we digressed,that is, to the consideration of that Hypothe*sis or Opinion, That all the Rivers of theEarth discharge into the Sea half an Ocean•of waters daily. *