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was no little Atlantic millpond
| AFFAIR. but a vast universal sea, covering
the highest mountains Of the world.
| Whether it covered the entire globe Is
| what biologists and antiquary experts are
still discussing. Some believe that the
| Bible deIuge was confined to the old
world, particularly to the Asiatic CONT
nent.
The Bible says It was forty days before
Noah sent out mis- dove in search Of dry
| land. Babylonian records say it was sew
en- days before a couple of swallows were
! let out of the ark, followed by a raven.
The swallows returned. but the raven
has not been heard of to this day.
Legends Of all nations and races Of the
world declare there was deluge. and
but one family survived.
The object of the deluge was to destroy
the human race. which had become de-
PRAYED, practicing all kinds of w1ckedness
now becoming popular in New York, Lon
don and other ambitious towns. Noah,
being a good man, was told to put his
family and a pair of animals of each kind
in the ark and prepare for heavy rain.
The eloquent picture of the ark which
appears at the head Of this narrative
must be considered as more or less au-
thentic, for it appears in the first edition
of the Encyclopedia Britannica. hrst part
published 1853 (before the war of the
American revolution, complete three vol
umes quarto. $50 pages, 169 copper plates.
published III.
Noah Called Second ADAM"
1t is an interesting fact noted in histori-
cal works on the deluge, that the destruc-
ton of life was so absolute that the resto-
ration following the great food war call
ed the "Secnd Creation" The Arabs, a
temperate race, with long memories. call
Noah the second Adam.
After the food, when the ark came to
anchor on the little plateau of earth in
the lap of the twin peaks of Mount Ara
rat (yOu can see the place today-Profes-
sor Bryce refers to 1t in his book of trav-
els in that regiOn). there were only the
few animals and Noah's family on the
/ whole earth. When Noah walked out of
the big ship with his family. the animals
| following him, he was indeed the father
of the world. He was indeed the Adam
of the new race.
Regarding the voyage, and especially the
! ark, the Encyclopedia Britannica, above
quoted, says:
at must be observed that besides the
places requisite for the beasts and birds,
and their provisions, there was room re-
quired for Noah to lock up household
utensils, the instruments of husbandry.
grains and seeds to sew earth with after
the deluge. For this purpose, it is thought
that he might spare room in the third
story for six and thirty cabins, besides
kitchen. a hall. four chambers and
space about eight and forty cubits in
| lengths to walk in"
Noah's Menage Problem.
1t must be admitted that some serious
problems perplexed Noah at every turn.
It is explained by some writers that he
did not shelter mates of every beast and
fowl. But he had the seed, as Ii were,
the typical animal of each species. out of
which all the millions have since devel-
oped.
AS to just how the animals behaved
during the voyage no one knows. as
Noah's log was probably destroyed when
the Mohammedans overran Europe and
Asia and burned the great Libraries of an
cient manuscripts. 1t has been said that
| the animals were so pleased to be in
out of the flood that they were glad to
keep the peace. especially as Noah and
his sons had a corner on all the provisions
| in the world. The little canary birds were
overjoyed to get their daily allowance of
| seeds and the elephants did not grumble