of the inn, recording to the. best observations

of : several Centuries, we suppose that the an­

cients were not mistaken in the estimates they

have transmitted to In the course of six

thousand years from the Presentlime, they as­

sume that the distance will be so great that

only an eighth of the warmth , ere now enjoy .

from the sun will he communicated to the

earth; audit Will be covered with eternal ice

in the sans manner as we ~now see the plains

of the north where tbe elephants formerly