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but others make use of this Comparison. The 
Grecians of old were wont to call the Snow 
Eriopes Hupor, Wooly Water, or wet Wool. 
The Latin word Floccus signifies both a Lock 
of Wool and a Flake of Snow, in that they re- 
semble one another. The aptness of the simili- 
tude appears in three things.” ‘1. In respect 
of the Whiteness thereof.” “2. In respect of 
Softness.” “3. In respect of that Warming 
Vertue that does attend the Snow.” [Here 
the reasoning must not be omitted.] “Wool is 
warm. We say, As warm as Wool. Woolen- 
cloth has a greater warmth than other Cloath- 
ing has. The wool on Sheep keeps them warm 
in the Winter season. So when the back of 
the Ground is covered with Snow, it keeps it 
warm. Some mention it as one of the wonders 
of the Snow, that tho’ it is itself cold, yet it 
makes the Earth warm. But Naturalists ob- 
serve that there is a saline spirit in it, which is 
hot, by means whereof Plants under the Snow 
are kept from freezing. Ice under the Snow is 
sooner melted and broken than other Ice. In 
some Northern Climates, the wild barbarous 
People use to cover themselves over with it to 
keep them warm. When the sharp Air has be- 
gun to freeze a man’s Limbs, Snow will bring 
heat into them again. If persons Eat much 
Snow, or drink immoderately of Snow-water, 
