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continual_a rain_n of_o forty_o natural_a day_n and_o the_o empty_n the_o subterraneous_a abyss_n may_v suffice_v so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o have_v recourse_n to_o such_o a_o assistance_n p._n 66._o that_o all_o the_o vapour_n suspend_v in_o the_o air_n may_v contribute_v much_o towards_o the_o flood_n prove_v p_o 67_o 68_o concern_v the_o raise_n up_o the_o water_n out_o of_o the_o great_a deep_a p._n 69_o 70._o a_o occasional_a discourse_n concern_v the_o original_a of_o fountain_n p._n 70_o 71_o etc._n etc._n the_o subterraneous_a circulation_n and_o perpetual_a motion_n of_o the_o water_n to_o the_o author_n improbable_a p._n 71._o that_o the_o preponderancy_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o water_n lie_v upon_o a_o heap_n in_o the_o opposite_a hemisphere_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o water_n ascent_n in_o spring_n prove_v p_o 72_o 73._o that_o rains_n may_v suffice_v to_o feed_v the_o spring_n and_o do_v feed_v the_o ordinary_a one_o prove_v p._n 74_o 75._o that_o the_o rain-water_n sink_v down_o and_o make_v its_o way_n into_o the_o earth_n more_o than_o ten_o or_o twenty_o or_o forty_o or_o a_o hundred_o foot_n prove_v by_o many_o argument_n and_o experiment_n p._n 76_o 77_o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 82._o mr._n halley_n opinion_n that_o spring_n and_o river_n owe_v their_o original_a to_o vapour_n condense_v on_o the_o side_n of_o the_o mountain_n propound_v and_o approve_v as_o to_o hot_a and_o fervid_v region_n but_o disallow_v as_o to_o the_o more_o temperate_a and_o cold_a one_o yet_o the_o vapour_n there_o not_o whole_o exclude_v p._n 82_o 83_o etc._n etc._n to_o 91._o observation_n communicate_v by_o dr._n robinson_n concern_v the_o original_a of_o fountain_n drop_v tree_n etc._n etc._n p._n 92_o 93._o the_o question_n further_o discuss_v and_o prove_v that_o vapour_n be_v a_o partial_a cause_n of_o spring_n even_o in_o temperate_a and_o cold_a region_n addit_fw-la 251_o 252_o inference_n upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o the_o river_n pour_v into_o the_o sea_n half_a a_o ocean_n of_o water_n daily_o p._n 95_o 96._o the_o most_o probable_a cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n viz._n the_o emotion_n of_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o a_o extraordinary_a depression_n of_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o sea_n p._n 99_o 100_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o deluge_n 1._o as._n to_o the_o superficial_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n p._n 102_o 103._o 2._o particular_o as_o to_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o form_v stone_n or_o the_o shell_n and_o bone_n of_o some_o sea-fish_n disperse_v all_o over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n p._n 104_o etc._n etc._n a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o original_a of_o those_o body_n whether_o they_o be_v original_o the_o real_a shell_n and_o bone_n of_o fish_n or_o stone_n cast_v in_o such_o mould_v or_o whether_o they_o be_v primitive_a production_n of_o nature_n in_o imitation_n only_o of_o such_o shell_n and_o bone_n not_o owe_v their_o figure_n to_o they_o the_o argument_n on_o both_o side_n propose_v and_o weigh_v p._n 106_o 107_o etc._n etc._n to_o 132_o sect._n 2._o the_o second_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n in_o a_o natural_a way_n the_o extinction_n of_o the_o sun_n p_o 133_o sect._n 3_o the_o three_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n the_o eruption_n of_o the_o central_n fire_n p._n 135._o that_o the_o be_v of_o such_o a_o fire_n be_v no_o way_n oppugnant_fw-la either_o to_o scripture_n or_o reason_n p._n 137_o 138_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 4._o the_o four_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n the_o earth_n dryness_n and_o inflammability_n in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n and_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o vulcano_n p._n 141._o that_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o ecliptic_a to_o the_o equator_fw-la do_v not_o diminish_v p._n 142._o that_o though_o there_o be_v such_o a_o dry_n and_o parch_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n it_o will_v not_o probable_o infer_v a_o conflagration_n p._n 142_o 143_o 144._o that_o there_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v nor_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n can_v be_v any_o such_o dry_n or_o parch_v of_o the_o earth_n under_o the_o torrid_a zone_n p._n 44_o 45_o 46._o the_o possibility_n of_o the_o desiccation_n of_o the_o sea_n by_o natural_a mean_n deny_v p._n 146_o 147._o the_o fixedness_n and_o intransmutability_n of_o principles_n secure_v the_o universe_n from_o dissolution_n destruction_n of_o any_o present_a species_n and_o production_n of_o any_o new_a p._n 148_o 149_o a_o second_o digression_n concern_v the_o primitive_a chaos_n and_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 150_o what_o the_o ancient_n understand_v by_o it_o ibid._n &_o 151._o that_o probable_o god_n do_v at_o first_o create_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o principle_n or_o simple_a body_n natural_o intransmutable_a and_o mingle_v they_o various_o in_o the_o earth_n and_o