family alone have escaped, the VERY ARK, which was the means
of his present preservation, shall be the cause of the future triumph of
Destruction.

In his dream, the evils in consequence of the discovery of America, the
slave-trade, _et cet._, are set before him. Noah, waking from disturbed
sleep, ascends the summit of Caucasus. An angel appears to him; tells
him that the revelations in his dream were PERMITTED BY THE ALMIGHTY;
that he is commissioned to explain everything; he presents to his view
the _shadow of the world_ as it exists; regions are pointed out; the
dispersion of mankind; the rise of superstition; the birth of a SAVIOUR,
and the triumph of Charity: that navigation shall be the means of
extending the knowledge of GOD over the globe; and though some evils
must take place, happiness and love shall finally prevail upon the
earth.

BOOK THE SECOND

Commences with an ardent wish, that as our forefather viewed the world
clearly displayed before him in a vision, so we of these late days might
be able, through the clouds of time, to look back upon the early ages of
the globe; we might then see, in their splendour, Thebes, Edom, _et
cet._; but the early history of mankind is obscure, the only certain
light is from the sacred writings. By these we are informed of the
_dispersion_ of earth's first inhabitants, after the flood. The
descendants of HAM, after this dispersion, according to Bruce, having
first gained the summits of the Ethiopian mountains, there form
subterraneous abodes. In process of time they descend, people Egypt,
build Thebes; obscure tradition of the Ark; first make voyages.

Ophir is not long afterwards discovered. This Bruce places, on most
respectable authority, at Sofala; I have ventured to place it
otherwhere, but still admitting one general idea, that when the way to
it overland was attended with difficulties, an easier course was at last
opened by sea. As to Ammon's exploits, I must shelter myself under the
authority of Sir Isaac Newton. After a sacrifice by the Egyptians, the
monsoon sets in. The ships follow its direction, as the mariners imagine
a god leads them. Hence the discovery of so much of the world by _sea_.
Reflection on commerce. The voyage of Solomon. A description of the
glory of TYRE, the most commercial mart of the early world. Tyrian
discoveries in the Mediterranean; voyages to the coast of Italy and
Spain, to the Straits, and from thence to Britain.

Tyre is destr