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v^ater, which falls from them, is unfit for almofl: 

 any domeflic purpofes. 



When rain-water fubfide^, and is well filtered, 

 it becomes perfed'tlv cl' ar and b^i-^ht, 'f it be 

 kept in wooden veQlls, it contr .r's \ particular 

 fmell^ tafte and colour from the wuud. 



Clean earthen jars are the beil for keeping 

 water. Though leaden c^fcerns niav De ulMwith 

 fafety, if they be kept clear from vegetable acids j 

 all of which are found to corrode lead, and to 

 produce a very noxious fait. The velTels, in 

 which water is preferved, fhould be covered, to 

 preven any dull or filth from gcting in ; and the 

 water will be more agreeable, if kept in a cool 

 place. 



SNOW-WATER. 



Some of the greateft philofophcrs and phyfi- 

 cians have difl^^red much in their opinion of fnow- 

 water. Hippocrates, HoHrnan, and others, con- 

 demn it. B::t Boerhaave, on the other hand, is 

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