2^8 Of SPRINGS and Chap, 9. 



Tho' Mr. Haliys Concourfe of Vapours 6n 

 Hills, may yet be another additional Caufe : 

 The' Rains help to fwell and qnlarge the 

 Springs, and to keep up thofe Fountains of 

 tbeDeep^ (as they are called in Holy Writ.) 

 Yet their Original and Bafis muft come from 

 a more diftant Caufe, I mean the Sea, where, 

 by the Corapreflion of the Air, the Height 

 of the Sea above the Elarth (be it but a little^) 

 and the violent Concuffions and Agitations of 

 it, they mount thro* the loofe Veins and 

 Chafms of Hills, to that great Height we of- 

 ' ten fee them ^ when to it we add that Aerial 

 Refpiration and Puifation, (not improperly 

 defin d by Puifatio Cordis) which we may 

 fuppofe in this vaft Body of Earth, as well as 

 in the Body Natural, and with eafe to afcend 

 thro' thofe Arenaceous and Cavernous parts 

 of theEaith. 



And tho* we don't allow of Attraction, or Ig- 

 nou5 Ebullition, yet ourHypothefis feems very 

 plain and agreeable with feveral parts of Sa- 

 cred Writ. The wife Man Siracides thought 

 very truly concerning thefe Things, {Ecclus. 

 xl. II.) That all things vehich are of the 

 Earth, .jh all turn to the Earth again -^ and 

 that which is of the Waters^ doth turn again into 

 the Sea. Which is alfo confirmed by a more 

 authentick Author, the Philofopher as well 

 as King of that Age, I mean Solomon^ Ec- 

 cief. i. 7. All Rivm (fays he) run into the 

 Sea, yet the Sea is not full-^ unto the f I ace from 

 whence the Rivers com^^ thither they retiir% 



again. 



