Wiiile blundering on in this perplexity, I seem to have
detected a grave blunder in Moses also. For, after con-
cluding each day's work in the words : and ths evening and
the morning were the first day, second day, third day, and so
on ; he should not have added the word day, but rather, ^r«^
nighty second night, third night; since, when evening begins
and morning follows, the intervening period between such
evening and morning must needs be night. For day
begins with morning, and ends at evening.^

But, in truth, these divisions of the subject Moses wrote
about into days, might with the greatest reason have been
termed nights j fipom their being overshadowed with such
darkness, that nothing can appear more akin to night than
a Mosaic day. This nocturnal darkness I have endeavoured
to dispel, with the help of some inkling of light. Perhaps
indeed, being in the dark myself, I have only increased the
darkness, and made the nights longer ! However, it is
creditable to have had the wish to do right. And if my
performance, such as it is, seem only a hazy one to you,
why then pour upon it some of your own light ; that you
may see me, and both of us together may be able to see
Moses.
The first day contains an epitome of the creation. The
second, the formation of heaven. The third, the produc-
tiveness of earth.
