Part I. in the Cke ATio n. 83 



ftand in need of no Culture, or Manuring. So 

 we fee the Land of Egypt owes its great 'Fer- 

 tility to the annual Overflowing of the River 

 Nilus: And it's likely the Countries bordering 

 upon the River of Ganges may receive the like 

 Benefit by the Overflowing thereof. Moreover 

 all Rain-Water contains in it a copious Sediment 

 of Terreftrial Matter, which by {landing it pre- 

 q^itates, and is not a fimple Elementary Water. 

 This Terreftrial Matter ferves for the Nourifh- 

 ment of Plants, and net the Water it felf, which 

 is but a Vehicle to derive this Nutriment to all 

 the Parts of the Plants: And therefore the more 

 Rain, the more of this Nutricious Matter may 

 be precipitated upon the Earth, and fo the Earth 

 rendered more fruitful. Befides all this, it's not 

 unlikely, that the P.ain- Water may be endued 

 with fome Vegetating or Prolifick Virtue, de- 

 rived fromfome Saline or Oleofe Particles it con- 

 tains: For we fee, that Aquatick Plants, which 

 grow in the very Water, do not thrive andflou- 

 riili in dry Summers, when they are not alfo wa- 

 ter'd with the Dew of Heaven. 



Secondly, Another Argument to prove. That 

 the Winds bring up more Vapours from the Sea 

 than they carry down thither, is, Becaufe the 

 Winds do more frequently blow from the Sea 

 than to the Sea. This appears from the Trees 

 which grow on and near the .Sea-(hores all along 

 the Weftern Coaft of Eng/and, whofe Heads and 

 Bougli^ I have obferv'd to run out far to Land- 

 ward J but toward the Sea to be fo fnub'd by the 



G 2 Wind^, 



