Consequences of the Deluge.

land died. And because the Americansare laid to have some ancient Memorialr adition of a Deluge ; and the Ingeniousut hor of the Theory of the Earth hath byModerate Computation, demonstrated,that^ere muff he then more People upon thear so> than now : I will propose anotherj a y of solving this Phamomenon , and thatoy supposing that the Divine PowerojJSht at that time, by the instrumentalityk seme natural Agent, to us at present un-^own, so depress the Surface of the Ocean,* to force the Waters of the Abyss throughe serementioned Channels and Apertures,J 1 d so make them a partial and concurrent^Use of the Deluge.

Yhat there are at some times in the courseH Nature extraordinary pressures upon thea dacc of the Sea, which force the Water.swards upon the Shores to a great heightjJj^dent. We had upon our Coasts thet | Year an extraordinary Tide, whereinWater rose so high, as to overflow all^Sea-Banks, drown multitudes of Cattel,] d fijj t j ie sower Rooms of the Houses ofth an y Villages that stood near the Sea, sor at the Inhabitants, to lave themselves,wereQ rce d to get up into'the upper Rooms andJse'ets of their Houses. Now how this> be effected » but by an unulual pre!-