WaTeErRs, Fossits, and MINERALS. 
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Of WATERS. 
Ee? T being unncceflary to inquire into the conftituent Parts of 
zy || Water in general, in a Treatife of this kind, I fhall proceed 
to confider only the Nature and Qualities of that which 
foRSe|| we are furnifhed with in this Ifland, from Springs, Rivers, 
“sta Wells, and Ponds. 
The moft remarkable Springs of Water are the following: Cole's Cave 
Spring, Mr. Colliton’s, Mr. Eftwick’s, Mr. Brathwait’s, the Reverend Mr. 
Fofter’s, Mr. Whitaker's, Pory Spring, and that at Codrington’s College. 
The fpecific Gravity of Fifteen cubical Inches of thefe refpective Wa- The fpecific 
; Gravity of 
ters, as well as compared together with that of the moft remarkable zrnie 
Spaws, is inferted in the annexed Table. NMaten cou 
pared with 
As Cole’s Cave Water hath been generally efteemed (tho’ not fo in Faét, fome re- 
the beft Water in the Ifland, I have been very careful in the Examination aren 
of it. The Spring which iffues fo plentifully from the Side of the Cave, 
affords very tranfparent Water, having fomething of a ftyptic Quality ; 
and it hath been obferved, that bathing in it is of great Service in cuta- 
neous Diforders. 
Among the above-mentioned Springs, that in the Eftate of the Reve- 
tend Mr. Fofter, called Belly-ach Hole, affords excellent Water. This 
Spring rifing, as moft of the reft do, out of the Side of an Hill facing the 
Eaft, hath a fine marly Bottom, mixed with Sand: The Water is very 
light, foft, and pure. There 
