THE



MOSAIC                 HISTORY


                     OF TIHE


     CREATION OF THE WORLD;



ILLTUSTRATED BY  DISCOV ERIES AND EXPERIMENTS DERIVED FROM
     THE PRESENT   ENLIGHTENED   STATE  OF SCIENCE; WITH
           REFLECTIONS, INTENDED TO PROMOTE VITAL
                   AND PRACTICAL RELIGION.


                 BY T]HOMAS WOOD, A. M.





                    REV ISED AND IMPROVED

                BY THE REV. J. P. DURBIN, A. M.
            PROFESSOR OF LA:;!GAGE5, AUGUST.A COLLEGE, KENTUCKY.





  Every man has a particular train of thought into which his mind falls, when at lcisore,
from the imrpressions and ideas wliih occasionallv excite it; and if one train of thinking be
more desirable than another, it is surelV that which reuards the phenomena of nature, with a
constant reference to a supreme intelligent author.-Bucor.


      FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SECOIND LONDON EDITION.














           NEW-YORIK.---MELRATH & BAENGS.



1831.