...been fufficient to have given birth to the moft abfurd and incredible conjectures. The infufficiency of the water of the ocean to cover the whole earth,...once deftroyed, the inconfiftent manner in which all fuch ftories are ever related, imprefs US with infurmountable incredulity. In fhort, they never can...

...heavy sea which generally rolls over the place, although no soundings can be found, The insufficiency of the water of the ocean to cover the whole earth ; the unnatural supposition of a great and. interesting part of -nature being once destroyed; the inconsistent manner...

...heavy Bea which generally rolls over the place, although no soundings can be found. The insufficiency of the water of the ocean to cover the whole earth ; the unnatural supposition of a great and interesting part of nature being once destroyed; the inconsistent manner...