CHAPTER XV.
AND THE FLOOD CAME.
With fire and flood some of the greatest catastrophies of the world have been closely connected.

The tradition of the Noachian deluge has been found among almost all peoples.

Horace speaks of the mild little Tiber becoming so unruly that the fishes swam among the tops of the trees upon its banks.

Tidal waves devastated the shores of England and France on several occasions.

It is most natural that prairie rivers should exceed their banks and spread over wide areas of the land.