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made upon snow. The waters increasing more and more, our Adventurers redoubled their pace in order to gain the summit of a very high rocky Mountain; unfortunately two of them only, a man and his wife, reached the top of the Mountain, all the rest were drowned in the waters. Upon the summit of this mountain were gathered together two of every living creature (male and female) that liveth upon the Earth. Many of the drowned people transformed themselves into Fowls of the air and had the sagacity to retire to this place. The waters continuing a long time, reduced those creatures to great extremities for want of food. It was at length proposed by the Canard de France, the Petit Plongeux and the Buzzard to dive into the waters in order to try to find ground. Accordingly the Canard de France shewed the example, but soon made his appearance

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