The ^raoiical Kitchen Gardiner. 



thofe that are clayifh and fandy the 

 fwceteft j tho in England we generally 

 count our chalks the befi. Of all wa- 

 ters (fays our author) thofe that lie the 

 deep eft are the fvveeteft and moft dura- 

 ble, for thofe which are found near the 

 furface moft commonly proceed from 

 rain, and ceafe with their caufe 5 where- 

 fore it is neceftary to dig deep, till we 

 come to the very fountain-head, and 

 then we need not doubt of its being 

 permanent and lafting. But it muft be 

 fuppofed this ingenious author means 

 thofe waters that are defigned for houfe- 

 hold ufe and drinking, becaufe experi- 

 ence tells us that rain-water, and thofe 

 that lie near eft the furface, are the beft 

 for watering of trees. But as the planter 

 will be often obliged to make ufe of 

 well-water, it will not be amifs by and 

 by to examine its properties, ftnce that 

 which is pernicious to man and beafts, 

 muft alfo certainly be the fame to plants 

 and trees. To proceed. 



T)emocrittiSj another author of great 

 antiquity (as the afore-mentioned * Co- 

 onarius has it) aftures us^ that thofe 



* Vid. Coromr. de stgrkult. I. 2, cf, p'ic}» 



D 3 who 



