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ic upon it, and was wrought at the fame 

 u time ; but if in either of thefe cafes there 

 " was a difference, it had a different effect ; 

 and the low and gentle grounds, that lay 

 neglected, were then feen lefs diitempered 

 than the open and moid, that w r ere care- 

 fully managed and looked after. 

 " The honey dews are obferved to come 

 <c about the 1 ith of June, which by the mid- 

 <£ die of July turn the leaves black, and make 

 « them ftink." 



I have in July (the feafon for fire-blaflsj 

 as the planters call them) feen the vines in 

 the middle of a hop-ground all fcorched 

 up, almoft from one end of a large ground 

 to the other, when a hot gleam of Sun- 

 fhine has come immediately after a mower 

 of rain ; at which time the vapours are of- 

 ten feen with the naked eye, but efpecially 

 with reflecting Telefcopes, to afcend fo 

 plentifully, as to make a clear and diftincft 

 object become immediately very dim and 

 tremulous. Nor was there any dry gravelly 

 vein in the ground, along the courfe of this 

 fcorch. It was therefore probably owing 

 to the much greater quantity of fcorch- 

 ing vapours in the middle than outfides of 



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