Chap. 3- conarning WateR;, &€. 131 

 too much : If to this be added the Walhing of 

 Horfes, &c. 'tis ftili the better 5 but of this 

 one fliould only take the Top, leaving the 

 Dregs ftili remaining at the Bottom : And to 

 make this Pond the better, it ought to be 

 placed fo as the Walhing of the Hills may 

 defcend down into it. 



Iftheother^ let it be an open clear Wa- w'.^.^er ^ 

 ter, lying juft in the Face of the South and ^p^'^«^^'«^' 

 Eafi Suns, which exhilarate and warm it 5 

 and if it be at the Foot or Conflux of fome 

 Hills, it is ftill the better, fince Rain-water 

 is efteem'd more proper for thefe Purpofes 

 than any other fort of Water. 



Snoxo may not improperly be rank'd with of Sm\s, 

 Rain, it being indeed no other than Rain ^^[;f A''*"^^' 

 congeal'd by the Frigidity of the Air, but is 

 fuppos'd to abound with falifick and fertile 

 Particles as much or more than Rain 3 how- 

 ever, 'tis reckon'd more ponderous, and {o 

 finks deeper into the Ground than Rain, and 

 therefore of more benefit, in fome Cafes to 

 Planting, (which will by and by follow) 

 I mean Foreft-Trees, than any thing ytt 

 mention'd 3 on which account fome are fo 

 careful as to lay Heaps of Snow round the 

 Foot of their Foreft-Trees, efpecially in hot 

 burning Lands 5 but this is what cann't be 

 expeded in great Plantations. 



Thefe Meteors, as they are of univerfal Ufe 

 to the World, do in many refpefts require our 

 Thoughts. One of our greateft Poets fpeaks 

 of them after the pleafing manner following : 



K 2 J\'ow, 



