372 On Rain, Evaporation, &c. 
summer: If this happen to be so, then it is at 
the expence of springs ; for we find the gene- 
rality of springs become languid, or entirely 
cease to flow at the end of a long drought. As 
to the few springs that seem to be little affected 
by dry or wet seasons, they form exceptions 
which it would not be difficult to account for. 
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