GOD created great Whales, (f) and every living Creature that moveth, which the Waters brought forth abundantly after their Kind, and every wing'd Fowl after his Kind: And Gop faw that it was good, and blefs'd them, faying, be fruitful, multiply, and fill the Seas, Lakes, and running Streams! and let allSorts of Fowls of the Air increase alfo. Forthwith. the Seas, the Sounds, and every Creek and Bay swarm with innumerable Fry, and Shoals of Fish, that with their Fins and fhining Scales fwim under the Waves in Multitudes, large enough to make Banks in the Ocean: Part fingle, or with Mates, graze upon the Sea-weed, their Pafture; or fporting among Coral fhew their beautiful Scales of various Colours, mix'd with Gold, to the Sun; or elfe lying at Eafe in their pearly Shells, attend moift Nourishment; or under Rocks, cover'd with Shells like Armour, watch for their Food; the Dolphins (g) and Seales play upon the calm Seas, while other larger Fish wallowing unwiel-. dy, and prodigious in their Motion, make a Tempeft as they fwim; there the LEVIATHAN, hugeft of living Creatures, fleeps or fwims on the Sea, ftretch'd

(f) Whales; Sax. O. E. The hugeft Creatures in the Sea, as Elephants are on the dry Land: They are mentioned in particu. lar, Gen. 1. 21. "And God "created great Whales, and e66 very living Creature that mo"veth, which the Waters "brought forth abundantly af"ter their Kind."

(g) Dolphins, from Delphi ; Lat. from the Gr. because the People of Delphi firft difcovered this Fish; or Delphax, Gr. i. e. An Hog: Because it resembles one in its long Snout, Fatnefs, Ribs, Liver and Entrails. It is called the Sea-Hog, and the fa

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cred Fish; because it was confecrated to Neptune. A Dolphin is a large Fish, not unlike a Porpoife, very ftraight, and the fwifteft of all Fifhes or Birds; as fwift as an Arrow; it will overtake a Ship in full Sail before the Wind; and continually in Motion. It doth live 20 or 30 Years, and three or four Days out of Water, as an Eel doth. Dolphins are faid to be Lovers of Men, It is a certain Sign of a Tempeft, when they fport on the Water. Their Flesh was of great Request among the Antients. They have no Gall.

like a Promontory, and feems a moving Land, drawing in and fpouting out a Sea from his Gills. Mean while the warm Caves, and Fens, and Shores hatch their Brood as numerous, from all Kinds of Eggs, that bursting disclose their callow Young; but being foon feather'd and foaring the lofty Air, rife far above the Ground, making a great Noife with their Wings: There the Eagle and the Stork (b) build their Nefts, on Cliffs and the Tops of Cedars; Part loofely flying, and Part more wife, led on by others, and rang'd in Order, and knowing the Seafons, fet forth in large Flocks high over Seas and Lands, eafing one another in their Flight; fo the prudent Crane (i) fteers yearly her Voyage) whilst the Air is fann'd with numberlefs Wings. The fmaller Birds, flying from Branch to Branch, fung in the Woods 'till Evening; nor even then did the folemn Nightingale ceafe warbling, but tun'd her foft Song all the Night. Others bath'd their downy Breafts upon pure and clear Lakes and Rivers; the Swan with her arched Neck mantling proudly between her white Wings, rows herself along in State, her Feet ferving for Oars; yet they often quit the Water, and rifing on the Wing, take their Flight through the Air. Others

(k) Stork; Sax. Gr. Heb. Chahdah, i. e. Kindness or Natural Affection: Because that Bird hath a great Love to its Young; and they to the old ones. A Fowl bigger than a common Heron, with a white Head, Neck, Belly, Tail and fore Part; but black in the Back, with broad Claws, like the Nails of a Man.

(i) Crane; Sax. O. E. A Name formed from its Sound. A Bird of Paffage, celebrated

by the Prophet, for her obferving the fit Time of coming and going from one Country to another, Jer. 8. 7. "Yea, the "Stork in the Heaven knoweth "her appointed Times, and the "Turtle, and the Crane, and "the Swallow observe the Time "of their coming." It is a Bird with a very long Bill, Neck and Legs; fometimes weighing 10 Pounds; and is aWater Fowl reforting in Fens.

Others walk'd firm upon the Ground, fuch as the crefted Cock, whofe Throat proclaims the Hours of the Night; and the Peacock, whofe gay Train adorns him, ting'd with all the Colours of the Rainbow, and having his Tail fill'd with glittering Eyeş like Stars. The Waters thus replenish'd with Fish, and the Air with Fowl, the Eyening and the Morning were the fifth Day.

THE fixth and laft Day of the Creation arofe with Evening and Morning Song; when Gop faid, let the Earth bring forth the living Creature after his Kind, Cattle, and creeping Things, and Beafts of the Earth, each in their Kind! the Earth obey'd, and ftrait opening her fruitful Womb, at one Birth brought forth living Creatures without Number, Forms perfectly limb'd and full grown; out of the Ground arofe wild Beafts, as from a Den, in Forest, Thicket, or Brake, where they had been us❜d to shelter; they rofe in Pairs among the Trees, and the Cattle walk'd in the Fields and green Meadows: The wild Beafts few in Number, and folitary; but the tame Cattle fprung up at once, pafturing in Flocks and great Herds. The graffy Clods brought forth, and now the tawny Lion appear'd half through the Earth, pawing to get his hinder Parts free; then fprings as if broke loofe from Bonds, and rearing up on his hind Legs fhakes his flowing Mane: The Leo pard aud the Tyger rifing like the Mole, threw the crumbled Earth above them like Hillocks: The swift Stag bore up his branching Head from under Ground, and the Behemoth, or Elephant, (the greatest Creature of the Earth, as the Leviathan or Whale is of the Sea) with Difficulty heav'd up his vaft Bulk from the Mold: The Flocks rofe bleating, and with their Fleeces full grown, and compleat in all their Parts, juft like Plants: Amphibious Creatures, fuch

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as the Crocodile, (k) and all thofe of whom it is uncertain, whether they owe most of their Original to the Sea or Land. At once came forth Infect and Worm, whatever creeps the Ground; fome of which have Wings, and though their Parts are so very small, they are as compleatly form'd and as exactly put together as thofe of larger Animals, deck'd in their Summer's Pride, being spotted with Gold, Purple, and all Manner of Colours; while the Worms drew their long Dimenfion like a Line, streaking the Ground as they paft along: Not all little or inconfiderable Creatures; but fome of the Serpent Kind, of wonderful Length and Bignefs, that befides their Power to creep and rowl along the Ground, had Wings to fly with. Firft crept the induftrious and parfimonious Ant, being provident for the future, having a large Heart inclos'd in fmall Room: Next appear'd the Female Bee

(k) Crocodile; Lat. Gr. i. e. Yellow; because it is of a yellow Colour: or because it hateth the Smell and Taste of Saffron, which is yellow. A huge, voracious and very strong, but timorous Beast, in the Nile, Ganges, &c. living equally upon Land and Water; as ourGeefe, Ducks, Otters, &c. Its Jaws are wide enough to fwallow a Man whole, full of Teeth. It is the only Beaft that hath no Tongue, fixty Bones or Joints in the Back. The upper Skin is firm, hard and impenetrable with any Dart, Spear or Shot, no not with a loaded Cart; and therefore Scaly is a proper Epithet; but it may be wounded in the Belly. It fwims with the Feet and Fins, which are upon the Tail; but is very flow in its Pace: Because the Feet are fhort.

The Tail is near as long as the whole Body. It lays its Eggs in the Sand or Earth, and brings forth its Young every Year. Its Eggs are as big as a Goofe's, and it lays one every Day for fixty Days. It is thought that they live 100 Years, and are generally thirty Foot long. In Panama fome of them are 100 Foot long. An Alligator, is only a young Crocodile. The Old Egyptians worshipped this Beast, out of Fear; or for the Benefit, which it did to them: For it defended their Country from the Incurfions of the wild Arabs, who durft not país the Red Sea for fear of those voracious Beasts. They made it also a Symbol of Impudence in their Hieroglyphics. They are fcarce now in the Nile, and the People of Florida have continual Wars with them.

Bee fwarming, that feeds the Drone, (1) and builds her Cells of Wax ftor'd with Honey. The rest are without Number, and thou knowest their Nature, for thou gavest them Names; which makes it needless to repeat them to thee. Nor are Serpents (fome of which are very large, having bright shining Eyes and terrible Crefts) unknown to thee; being (notwithftanding their Appearance, and that they are the fubtleft Beasts of all the Field) unhurtful, and obedient to thy Call.

Now Heaven fhin'd in full Glory, and roll'd in her Motions, as the first great Mover's Hands had directed their Courfe. Earth in her rich Attire was finish'd, and look'd lovely; the Air was flown by all Kinds of Fowl; the Water fwum by all Kinds of Fish; the Earth walk'd by all Kinds of Beasts; and all was full, excepting what remain'd to be created this Day: The Master-piece was yet wanting, the very End for which all the reft was done; a Creature, who was not to look downward to the Earth like the other Creatures, but being indu'd with Reafon fhining in the human Soul, might know himself; erect his Stature, and with a ferene and upright Face govern the reft, and thence confcious of his own Dignity exalt his Mind, and have his Converfation in Heaven; but yet be grateful to acknowledge from whence his Good defcends, and thither, with Heart, Voice and Eyes, directed in Devotion, to adore and worship the fupreme GoD of all, who made him the chief of all his Works: Therefore the Almighty and Eternal F A

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(1) Drone; Sax. E. O. A Wasp or old Male Bee, without a Sting, who propagates the Species, but cannot gather Honey, for Want of it. Therefore he fits and hatches the Brood,

keeps the Eggs warm, while the Female Bees gather the Honey abroad; and does not ftir from the Brood till they come home fraughted with Honey, and fo discharge him.