Consequences of the Deluge.

in general, that it may rationally be fupp 0 ,'fed, there were then great MutationsAlterations made in the superficial part 0the Earth : but what they were, thoughmay guess, yet can we have no certa" 1knowledge of: and for Particulars, referCurious to him.

One malignant effect it had upon Mai 1 'kind, and probably upon other Animals to °*in Ihortning their Age, or the durationtheir lives ; which I have touched besot"'and shewn, that this diminution of Age, lSto be attributed either to the change of tl jeTemperature of the Air, as to Salubrity,Equality, (Tudden and frequent changesWeather having a very bad influence up o! jthe Age of Man in abbreviating of it, ascould easily prove) or else to the dcterioriO'of the Diet? or to both these Causes.how the Flood should induce or occali" 1 !-

fuch a change in the Air and productions ° ]the Earth, I do not comprehend.

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