148 Of the Vianagement^ and 

 'Tis Salt that gives luch Vigour to Places 



fprinkl^d with Urine, Soot, Afhes, &c. 



'TkSalt which refufcitates the dead and 



mortified Earth, when languifhing and fpent 



by her Indulgence to her Verdant Of-spring, 



'Tis Salt which renders ^gj^t foluxurioufly 

 fruitful, after the Inundations of the River 

 N//e, and the nitrous Grounds of Jamaica^ 

 and other Places which caufe fuch a ftupen- 

 dous Growth of Plants and Trees. 



This, and much more of this has this in- 

 genious Gcmleman urg'd in behalf of this 

 Principle; but I am fenfible I have digrefs'd 

 a little from the methodical Purfuit of what 

 I propos'd J tho' under thofe Heads it was pro- 

 per to fay forneihing of thislikewife^ 



Of the fever al Sorts cf Earthy Sec. 



What I next propofe to inquire into, is the 

 particular Nature of moft Sorts of Earth, 

 that ErigUfid abounds with, both for the ufe 

 of the Spade and Plough. And here I would 

 premife, that one and the fame kinds of Earth 

 is altered in its own Nature, and require 

 more or lefs Culture and Improvement, ac- 

 cording to the Nature of the fubfiding Bodies 

 on which they lye ; fome of thefe being fuch, 

 as has been bfore-m-entioned, as draw off 

 their Juices too faft, whilft others are fo te- 

 nacious of Rain, d'r* as to change their very 

 Conftitutions, and alTome the very Natures 



