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interesting to find out how the date of the Flood is given various chronologers. According to Usher, the Deluge occurred in B.C. 2348. But fourteen other authorities the cataclysm as follows:—^[1]

One	(the LXX.) puts it in the	32nd	century B.C.
Five	(the LXX.) put„ s it„	31st	century B.„
One	(the LXX.) put„ s it„	29th	century B.„
One	(the LXX.) put„ s it„	26th	century B.„
Four	(the LXX.) put„ s it„	23rd	century B.„
Two	(the LXX.) put„ s it„	22nd	century B.„

On such chronologic evidence, I fear an impartial jury would bring in a verdict of 'Not Proven,' as regards the time, though a majority would admit the occurrence, of a Deluge.^[2]

1. Encycl. Metrop., vide chronology.
2. The sudden uprising (from volcanic causes} of the Andes is one scientific explanation of a Flood. This is the opinion held by scientists such as Pouchet.