Chap. c;. Of SPRINGS, &c. ciSp 



be deriv d from the Rains, Snows, and Dews 

 that defcend upon the Ground, and after 

 gathering together in a Body, break out of 

 the Ground in the Sides of Hills, &c. In 

 which I obferve, that it may be poffible for 

 Rains, Snows, and Dews to ftrengthen the 

 Springs, and by their great Conflux to make ^r*' 

 thofe violent Eruptions as we often difcover in/ 

 them, particularly after great Rains, and" 

 what we commonly call Land-Springs or 

 Floods. 



But this I cann t think to be the main Ori- 

 gine of Springs, but rather that there is a 

 fubterraneous Correfpondence in all that Wa- 

 try Body 5 and that the Sea and Rivers are 

 the Grand Referve from whence they all pro- 

 ceed, and with which they have an immedi- 

 ate Communication through the Gravelly, 

 Rocky, and other loofe or arenaceous PafTages 

 of the Earth, as there is from a Grand Re- 

 fervoir through Pipes to Fountains, and other 

 Water-works. 



For though one fliould be induc'd to be- 

 lieve, that Rains are the Original of Springs 

 in Bottoms and Low Grounds , yet 'tis not fo 

 eaiie to conceive they ftiould be the fame on 

 the Tops and Sides of Hills, from which the 

 Rains run down with fuch Violence, that 

 they fink fcarce any deeper than the Her- 

 bage 5 and *tis certain the fame may be faid of 

 Snows. And as for the Dews, nothing can 

 be more plain, they never entring half an 

 Inch into the Ground, fcarce deep enough 

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