live on flesh, during their stay in the Ark. PART I. requisite to subsist the fore-mentioned creatures, contained in the Ark. And though it be probable from comparing Gen. i. 29, 30, with Gen. ix. 3, that before the Flood brutes as well as men lived on the fruits of the earth; yet to take away all grounds of cavilling, it shall be supposed, that those creatures, which are ravenous now, were so from the beginning; and therefore it shall be considered, what kind of meat was suitable for them, and how much would suffice them for the time they were in the Ark. Now it is well known, that such beasts as chew the cud do not eat so much as such as are ravenous, and do not chew the cud. And out of the foregoing table it appears, that it may be rationally supposed, that there were but twenty pair of ravenous creatures, that live upon flesh, taken into the Ark; which upon a fair estimation may be reckoned equal to twenty-seven wolves, as to the proportion both of their bodies and also their stomachs. However, for greater certainty, they shall be supposed equal to thirty wolves. It shall also be supposed that six wolves every day devour a whole sheep; and surely it will be easily granted, that this is no short, but a plentiful allowance. According to this calculation it will follow, that thirty wolves devour five sheep every day; and so, that the quantity of five sheep was to be given every day, for a whole year, to the ra 15. story of the Ark capa Days in a year 365 venous creatures in the Ark, supposed to be In a year 1825 equal in stomach to 'thirty wolves: whence, the quantity of flesh, given to the said animals in the said time, will amount to the quantity of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five sheep. This being laid down and granted, there will be The lower abundantly room enough in the lower story of the Ark, for to receive all the four-footed beasts, that ble of hold- were to be kept in the Ark, for the preservation of ing all the their kind; and also for one thousand eight hunfour-footed dred and twenty-five sheep, to be given to the there. ravenous beasts for to eat, at the above-mentioned CHAP. 11. rate of five sheep a day. And though nothing could be well objected, should the room allowed beasts that to the four-footed beasts be but strait, (as is usual were to be in ships that go long voyages;) yet there is no need for it, and therefore we shall allow room abundantly enough for them in any posture; namely, to stand or lie, or turn round in, and also for to hold their dung a whole year round. 16. That the lower story of the Ark was sufficient for all these uses, will plainly appear from the diagram This illusor draught hereunto belonging: wherein at the two trated by the diagram ends of the Ark there is a. partition, marked AA, hereunto which is fifteen feet broad. And, whereas the Ark belonging: was seventy-five feet broad, each of the partitions whereby is of the ends may be divided into five lesser parti- shewn, that tions, each fifteen feet square; and consequently in eight partitions each capable of holding thirty-six sheep. For a place five feet square is sufficient to hold very well four sheep: forasmuch as the same will contain twentyfive square feet; and so each of the four sheep will have somewhat above six square feet to itself. But at the ends of the Ark Feet. might be Length 5 contained 5 288 sheep. 25 Sheep squ. f. f. squ. 4) 25 (61 now the same proportion, that twenty-five square when when each end of the Ark can contain five such lesser partitions, each end will contain five times thirty-six sheep. But because there must be room allowed PART I. stairs or ladder, therefore one of the five lesser par 17. Spaces left the several stables or of the beasts. titions at each end shall be allowed for that pur pose and then there will remain but four of them at each end for to hold the sheep. And Sheep these eight, holding all two hundred and eighty-eight sheep. 36 Partitions 8 288 Besides these partitions at the ends, there are in the diagram five spaces, marked BB, three running for going to the breadth of the Ark, (namely, one at each end, and one in the middle,) and two running the length apartments of the Ark; which are left for going conveniently to the several stables or apartments, wherein the several four-footed beasts were kept: and which we supposed to be seven feet broad, each of them. The four greater partitions on the sides, marked CC, and designed for stables or lesser partitions for the said beasts, are each eighteen feet broad, and about two hundred feet long. The two greater six greater partitions in the middle, marked DD, are each partitions. twenty-five feet broad, and also about two hundred feet long. 18. The rest of the lower story divided into Breadth Feet. 25 25 Square feet 625 Sheep. Sq. f. Sheep.. Sq. f. Now let us assign the Sheep assigned to car nivorous animals 1825 Sheep to be kept for 7 store, &c. 1832 also the sheep that were to be kept for store or breed, by fifty-six so that more than the number of sheep, requisite to be in the Ark, might be very well contained in the said partitions of the lower story. Length 20. tions as animals. Proceed we then to the stables or apartments for the other beasts; to which purpose we assign The partithe four larger partitions on the sides, marked CC; signed to each of which, as has been already said, is eigh- the other teen feet wide, and two hundred feet long: and four-footed consequently contains each of them three thousand six hundred square feet. Whence all four of the said larger partitions, taken together, will contain fourteen thousand and four hundred square feet in all. And this is abundantly room enough for to contain all the other beasts that were in the Ark, Eeet. 200 18 Square feet 3600 Sq. feet in each 3600 In all 14,400 sq. f. besides the sheep already accounted for. For it appears from the foregoing table, that the number of feet allowed to each sort of beasts therein mentioned, amount in all to six hundred and six feet in length. And the breadth of the said four sidepartitions is supposed eighteen feet. Which Sum 1st. two numbers multiplied Sum 2d. together produce ten thousand nine hundred and eight. But it has Sum 3d. Feet. 514 20 72. In all 606 PART 1. the square feet contain ed in all the said four feet (namely, wanting Length 194 but six) over and above Breadth 18 what is required in Square feet 3492 length by the tables. Which said number of multiplied into the breadth of the said partitions, viz. eighteen feet, will produce three thousand four hundred and ninety-two square feet, (as before,) not taken up by the beasts mentioned in the table; and so to spare for any beasts, either not mentioned there, through oversight, or else not yet known to us in these parts. Upon the whole, therefore, it seems very clear, that the lower story of the Ark was abundantly capable of receiving very conveniently all the four-footed beasts yet known, and very likely such also as are unknown. We are then in the next place to shew, that the |