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. 
Who was first read of?
What was he?
did he  have siblings?
did he have children?
sons or daughters?
how many
what was their names?
who was the father of titans?
who gave him one son?
where did thusicon come from?
who invented johnny cakes?
was researching noah easy?
did noah travel?
what was his name altered to by chaldeans?
what was his egyptian name?
his greek name?
what was his chinese given name?
did he travel to china?
what was being built?
where was the ark?
Noah,
Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of,
a seafaring man
is the first seafaring man 
no
Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons
yes
 begat three sons,
sons,
begat three sons,
three
, begat three sons
Shem, Ham, and Japhet
sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet
Berosus
Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans;
Methodius
Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus
the Teutons or Teutonic
 Thuiscon, from whom descended the Teutons or Teutonic
Jonicus
Jonicus (who was the first inventor of Johnny cakes
no
I regret exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers
yes
been a great traveler in his day,
Xisuthrus
The Chaldeans, for instance, give us his story, merely altering his name into Xisuthrus
Osiris
Egyptians celebrate him under the name of Osiris
Ogyges
; the Greek and Roman writers confound him with Ogyges
Fohi
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
yes
that Noah traveled into China
the Tower of Babel
at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel
on a mountain on the frontiers of China.
the ark rested on a mountain on the frontiers of China.