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fuppofe, why the acid will not fall, as it do's at Henly and fome 

 other places, is becaufe thefe waters, befide their fait, *in all pro- 

 bability alfo hold a crude Sulphur, whofe vifcous particles do fo 

 tenacioufly embrace it, that it will not admit of any feparation ; 

 which may alfo perhaps be a hint to the caufe why their Beer will 

 ftink within fourteen days whenever they attempt to brew with 

 this water, for where a Sulphur is any thing great in quantity, 

 and its body opened and exalted by the heat in brewing, and the 

 a&ive fpirituous particles of Mault, (as I guefs the cafe may have 

 itfclf here) the frame of that mixtion may probably be loofed, 

 wherein the fpirits firft taking their flight, the Sulphur will next 

 begin to evaporate, whofe fteams being fmartly aculeated by the 

 fait, that then bears the chief fway in thefubjecl:, caufe the ftink 

 of the Beer that is brewed with fuch water. 



35. Other waters there are that are palatably fait, and Suffi- 

 ciently ftinking without being brewed, and fuch is that before- 

 mentioned near Churchill-mill ; but I think within the bounds of 

 the Parifh of Kingham ; The water as it ftands looks of a greenifli 

 colour, as rooft of the palatably/*// waters do, and to it refort all 

 the Pigeons in the Country ; which fhould they not do, I (hould 

 much wonder, fince be/ides its faltnefs it has fuch a ftink, that it 

 equals the faltflone, and roafteddog too : fo that (hould the Pro- 

 prietor but build a Dove-houfe here, he might honeftly rob all his 

 neighbors of their flights ; but that he may not put it to fo invi- 

 dious a ufe, I (hall divert him anon by a more profitable way* 



36. As to the fait that impregnates this water, I do not take 

 it to be a fimpleone, but fome Mineral concrete both of fait and 

 fulphur ; for without thefe two be in their exaltation, and become 

 fo far fluid as to endeavor a divorce from each other, it could ne- 

 ver acquire fo noifom a fmell. Which concrete (hould I call a 



fait Marine, peradventure I might not be much miftaken ; for if 

 you take but a fmall quantity of thrice calcined Bay falt i and 

 diffolve it in a pint of Well-water, upon diffolution you will 

 have much fuch an odour, as has been obferved by a late Author 

 in a fhort account of the Sulphur Well at Knarsborough*. 



3 7. Nor hinders it at all that the Sea is fo remote, fince whe- 

 ther ^ri/zg* have any communication with it or no, fuch marine 

 falts may be had very well ; for if the Sea grow fait by the Earth 



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