CHAPTER III. 

Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was the first inventor of Johnny cakes); and others have mentioned a son, named Thuiscon, from whom descended the Teutons or Teutonic, or, in other words, the Dutch nation. 

I regret exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers, by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah. Indeed, such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would imagine; for the good old patriarch seems to have been a great traveler in his day, and to have passed under a different name in every country that he visited. The Chaldeans, for instance, give us his story, merely altering his name into Xisuthrus--a trivial alteration, which to an historian skilled in etymologies will appear wholly unimportant. It appears, likewise, that he had exchanged his tarpaulin and quadrant among the Chaldeans for the gorgeous insignia of royalty, and appears as a monarch in their annals. The Egyptians celebrate him under the name of Osiris; the Indians as Menu; the Greek and Roman writers confound him with Ogyges; and the Theban with Deucalion and Saturn. But the Chinese, who deservedly rank among the most extensive and authentic historians, inasmuch as they have known the world much longer than any one else, declare that Noah was no other than Fohi; and what gives this assertion some air of credibility is that it is a fact, admitted by the most enlightened _literati_, that Noah traveled into China, at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel (probably to improve himself in the study of languages), and the learned Dr. Shuckford gives us the additional information that the ark rested on a mountain on the frontiers of China.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was the first seafaring man mentioned?
2. What seafaring man was the first to be read of?
3. Whose story got read first?
Q2:
1. What was Noah's profession?
2. What did Noah do?
3. What kind of man was Noah?
Q3:
1. Are any of Noah's siblings mentioned?
2. Did Noah grow up with brothers and sisters?
3. Did Noah have any brothers or sisters?
Q4:
1. Did Noah sire any children?
2. Did Noah have any kids?
3. Did Noah father children?
Q5:
1. Was Noah a father to sons or to daughters?
2. Did Noah have sons or daughters?
3. Were Noah's children his sons or his daughters?
Q6:
1. How many sons did Noah have?
2. What number of children did Noah have?
3. How many sons did Noah father?
Q7:
1. What were Noah's sons named?
2. What were the names of Noah's three sons?
3. How were the three children Noah father called?
Q8:
1. Who did Berosus say fathered the titans?
2. Who was said to be the father of titans?
3. According to Berosus, who sired the titans?
Q9:
1. Who gave Noah the son Jonithus?
2. Who imagined Noah as the father of Jonithus?
3. Who attributed Jonithus to Noah's lineage?
Q10:
1. Who is associated with Thusicon?
2. What people come from Thusicon?
3. Who sprug from the son Thusicon?
Q11:
1. Which son was the inventor of johnny cakes?
2. From what name do johnny cakes come from?
3. Who is the originator of johnny cakes?
Q12:
1. Was researching Noah an easy task?
2. Was it easy to do research on Noah?
3. Was researching Noah something that pretty much anyone could do?
Q13:
1. Was Noah a traveler?
2. Was Noah known to travel?
3. Did Noah make many voyages?
Q14:
1. What name did the Chaldeans give to Noah?
2. How was Noah known to the Chaldeans?
3. What did the Chaldeans change Noah's name to?
Q15:
1. How was Noah known to the Egyptians?
2. WHo was the equivalent of Noah for the Egyptians?
3. What name did the Egyptians give to Noah?
Q16:
1. How was Noah known to the Greeks?
2. Who was the equivalent of Noah for the Greeks?
3. What name did the Greeks give to Noah?
Q17:
1. How was Noah known to the Chinese?
2. WHo was the equivalent of Noah for the Chinese?
3. What name did the Chinese give to Noah?
Q18:
1. Did Noah ever go to China?
2. Did Noah's travels take him to China?
3. Was Noah able to visit China?
Q19:
1. What structure did Noah witness being built?
2. What was being constructed during Noah's time?
3. What was being built during Noah's voyage to China?
Q20:
1. What was the location of Noah's Ark?
2. Where could Noah's Ark be found?
3. What was the resting place of the ark??
