Chap. 9. WATER-WORKS. ap; 



that at about three quarters of the Way up, 

 there is a very ftrong Spring that runs conti- 

 nually 5 that thegreateft Diameter of the Hill 

 in that Place is not above 200 Yards, if fo 

 much, and yet its Strength is confiderable, 

 ev'n in the dried Seafons. 



This certainly cann't proceed, much lefs 

 can it be maintain'd by any level Fountain, 

 which in fuch a Cafe ought to be as big as one 

 of the greatefl of our Commons to have fup- 

 plied it in any adequate Proportion to its Con- 

 fumption : Befides, 1 cann't think the Anfwer 

 there given, of four Rivers that iflued out in 

 one Place in Paradife, isfufficient^ fince it 

 does not appear by Hiftory, that there was 

 any thing Supernatural in that Place, but 

 made on purpofe to entertain the grofleft 

 Faculties and Conceptions of Sublunary- 

 Beings, whofe Perfeftion confifted in In- 

 nocence, rather than in Divine and Super- 

 natural Power. 



As pofitive is that Piece, in Reafons con- 

 cerning thofe Places where there falls no 

 Rain, yet Springs abound plentifully 5 almoft 

 denying there are fuch Places, tho' the con- 

 trary is evident out of abundance of Hifto- 

 ries. 



I have not time to trace this Point quite 

 through, it being a Work that would fwell 

 this Treatife beyond its due bulk 5 I fliall on- 

 ly fum up what may be faid in a few Words 5 

 Thattho* the Vapours (which Arijiotle fpeaks 

 ©f) may be fome part of the Caufe of Springs: 



Tho* 



