ration of Men lived upon the Earth. The Egyptians firſt employ'd this vague and uncertain Method of calculating, when they began to write the Beginning of their Hiſtory. Theſe computed three hundred and forty one Generations from Menes to Sethon; and having no fix'd Æra, they ſuppos'd three Generations to conſiſt of an hundred Years. In this Manner they computed eleven thouſand three hundred and forty Years from Menes's Reign to that of Sethon.
The Greeks before they counted by Olympiads, follow'd the Method of the Egyptians, and even gave a little more Extent to Generations, making each to conſiſt of forty Years.
Now here both the Egyptians and the Greeks made an erroneous Computation. 'Tis true indeed, that according to the uſual Courſe of Nature three Generations laſt about an hundred and twenty Years: But three Reigns are far from taking up ſo many. 'Tis very evident, that Mankind in general live longer than Kings are found to reign: So
