1 8 2 y^;; E S S A Y ^;; the Prccefs Chap. 6. 



Jome more^ which I do not relate here, that 

 ajrree well enough with thefe. So that the 

 Proportions here delivered will hold for the 

 ?/iain 5, but a JlriB and jujl Comparifon is 

 hardly to be expefled. So far from it, that 

 I make no doubt but the Water that falls in 

 Rai7i at feme times, contains a greater pare 

 o[TerreJl7'ial Matter th2in that which falls at 

 others. A more povrerful and intejife Heat 

 muft needs hurry up a larger Quantity of 

 that Matter along with the huviid Vapours 

 that form Rain^ than one more feeble and re- 

 fnifs ever poflibly can. The Water of one 

 Spring may flow forth with an higher Charge 

 of this Matter, than that of another -' This 

 depending partly upon the quicknefs of the 

 Ebullition of the ff^^^^r ^ and partly upon the 

 Quantity of that Matter latent in the Strata 

 through which the Fluid palies, and the 

 greater or lefs laxity of thofe Strata, For 

 the fame Reafon the Water of one River may 

 abound with it ^//^r^* than ^/^/^^ of another. 

 Nay, the yi^z?^ i?z^'^?', when much agitated 

 arid in Com?nGticn^ muft bear up z^/o?'^ of it, 

 than when it moves with lefs Rapidity and 

 Violence. That there is a ^^?t^^ quantity of 

 this Matter in iizi'^'rj, and that it contributes 

 vaftly to the ordinary Fertility of the Z/zr/A, 

 w^ have an illuftrious Inflance in the Isile, 

 the Ganges, and c?^6^r i?iz;^r5 that j6'j'r/>' oz;fr- 

 fiow the Neighbouring P/^i;?^. Their Banks 

 fliew the /jir^T? and largefi Crops of any in 

 th^ vpbole World : They a?:e even loaded with 



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