Chap. 9. WATER-WORKS. 2^5 



commonly lie in the heart and fides of thofe 

 Hills, are more common in fuch Places, than 

 any-where elfe ^ and whenever a Paflage is 

 broke through any Clayey or other heavy 

 IStratas of the Earth, and the Spring unload- 

 ed of its Fetters, (according to the common 

 Phrafe) and the violence of the Water gufli- 

 ing out, is a Demonftration that it muft be 

 attributed to fome violent Ebullition from be- 

 low 5 which is as hard to account for, as the 

 other Suppofition of Attraftion : But this 

 is with more probability occafion'd to mount 

 fo high, by that load of iEther that lies upon 

 the Face of the Waters, and by their pref- 

 fures flill running forwards, by forcing 

 them in alfo through thofe Channels juft 

 jiow raention'd. 



AfToon as I had finifli'd the foregoing plain 

 Effay, on the Original of Springs, the Book- 

 feller put into my Hands a Treatife of Mete- 

 orology, publifli'd by an Anonymous Au- 

 thor, and Dedicated to the Earl of Oxford^ 

 &c. 



This Gentleman lays the Original and 

 Courfe of all forts of Springs on Rain, and 

 will not allow the Sea, or any other Con- 

 jedure that has fo many Years prevailed with 

 the learned World, to be fo much as concur- 

 rent Caufes in this Affair. 



The whole feems to be writ with a great 



deal of Spirit, and fome Obfervations taken 



from Coal-Mines ^ but I muft confefs, after 



all he has urg'd to the contrary, that I 



U 4 cann't 



