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2. Only tremendous heat could have lifted the water of the seas into
clouds, and formed the age of snow and floods evidenced by the
secondary Drift.
3. The traditions of the following races tell us that the earth was
once swept by a great conflagration:
_a_. The ancient Britons, as narrated in the mythology of the Druids.
_b_. The ancient Greeks, as told by Hesiod.
_c_. The ancient Scandinavians, as appears in the _Elder Edda_ and
_Younger Edda_.
_d_. The ancient Romans, as narrated by Ovid.
_e_. The ancient Toltecs of Central America, as told in their sacred
books.
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_f_. The ancient Aztecs of Mexico, as transcribed by Fray de Olmos.
_g_. The ancient Persians, as recorded in the Zend-Avesta.
_h_. The ancient Hindoos, as told in their sacred books.
_i_. The Tahoe Indians of California, as appears by their living
traditions.
Also by the legends of--
_j_. The Tupi Indians of Brazil.
_k_. The Tacullies of British America.
_1_. The Ute Indians of California and Utah.
_m_. The Peruvians.
_n_. The Yurucares of the Bolivian Cordilleras.


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