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?i"he falts of the water being taken up by the fpungy 

 filtrating paper. 



After this, the water was again fet on the fand heat 

 snd evaporated till a pellicle appeared on the fur- 

 face ; and during the evaporation it threw up a great 

 number of air bubbles : after this, it was fet in a cool 

 place for three days, at the end of which time there 

 appeared a quantity of thin lamellae, mixed with a 

 fmall granulated fait, covered with a light coloured yel- 

 iowifh liquor ; thefe I feparated, and threw the liquor 

 into filtrating paper j and by thefe operations I got 

 53 £ g ra i ns of a Salt which tailed fharp and fait, befides 

 what had been taken up by the coffin, which had 

 increafed gr. 9. in weight more than I had got of 

 fait. This fait being put in a tea cup appeared next 

 day white, and had contracted a little moifture, but 

 did not run per deliquium. 



The remaining water which was now a yellowifh 

 ley, was again evaporated to a pellicle, and I fepatated a 

 quantity of white fait in lamella?, which remained 

 ■moift, till it was fet in a tea cup on the fand heat 

 and evaporated to drynefs, when it weighed one 

 drachm and 14 grains; this fait attracted more 

 moifture than the former, and feemed at firft as if 

 it would run foon per deliquium -, but the next day 

 it remained in the fame ftate. 



As I imagined that both this and the fait before 

 feparated was moftly fea fait mixed with a bittern 

 and oily matter, which prevented the cryftallifation ; 

 I diflblved the whole of both in diftilled water, and 

 evaporated with a very flow fire till a cryftallifation 

 began to appear, and then fet it in a cool place, and got 

 fome large perfect cryftals of fea fait, and by repeat- 



