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« ed upon it, and was wrought at the fame 

 " time j but if in either of thefe cafes there 



was a difference, it had a different effect ; 

 " and the low and gentle grounds, that Jay 

 " neglected, were then fecn lefs diftemper- 

 " ed, than the open and moid, that were 

 " carefully managed and looked afrer. 



" The honey dews are obferved to come 

 IC about the 1 1 of June, which by the middle 

 " of July turn the leaves black, and make 

 " them ftink. 



I have in July (the fcafon for fire blafts, 

 as the planters call them) fecn the vines in 

 the middle of a hop -ground all fcorched 

 up almofl from one end of a large ground 

 to the other, when a hot gleam of Sun- 

 fhine has come immediately after a fliower 

 of rain; at which time the vapors are of- 

 ten feen with the naked eye, but efpecially 

 with reflecting Telefcopes, to afcen>d fo 

 plentifully, as to make a clear and diltinct 

 object become immediately very dim and 

 tremulous. Nor was there any dry gravel- 

 ly vein in the ground, along the courfe of 

 this fcorch. It was therefore probably ow. 

 ing to the much greater quantity of fcorch. 

 ing vapors, in the middle than outfides of 



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