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Letter: In Brief

Barney Prebdergast
Tuesday 17 November 1998 00:02 GMT
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Sir: Sue Gaisford's assumption that the first refreshing shower fell on Adam and Eve (Evolutions In Design, 13 November) is not borne out by the Bible which doesn't mention rain until Noah. Before his time the earth may well have been watered by the mist mentioned in Genesis 2 v. 6.

BARNEY PRENDERGAST

Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

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