we may give credit to Doctor Burnet's Theory of the Earth, that the World was then one vaſt Continent, without any Diviſion of the Lands by Seas or Rivers, 'tis eaſy to believe that univerſal Flow of Waters might, on leaving it, have thrown up the Earth in ſuch Mountains, and buried the Trees beneath their monſtrous Weight.
'Tis certain that they have no Timber, but what they find in Bogs or Sloughs when they dig for Turf, and there is ſeldom any found in less than fourteen or fifteen Foot deep. In ſearching for it, they ſometimes meet with greater Prizes: I myſelf ſaw a very fine Silver Crucifix, and many Pieces of old Coin, not only of Copper, but alſo of Gold and Silver. They were got into Hands which would not be prevailed on to part with them, tho' they knew neither the Age nor Meaning of them; otherwiſe I would have ſent ſome to our Learned and Ingenious Antiquaries in England, who, perhaps, might by the Inſcriptions and Figures, have been able to judge more truly of the former Government, and Rulers of theſe People, than any of thoſe Traditions,
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