Mifcellanea Curiofa. loj 



numbers of exceeding fmall terreftrial Particles 

 difleminated through all parts of it. Thicker 

 and crafler Water exhibits them in ftill greater 

 Plenty. & 



Thefe are of two general kinds. The one 

 a vegetable terreftrial Matter, confifting of ve- 

 ry different Corpufcles } fome whereof are pro- 

 per for the formation and increment of one fort 

 of Plant, and fome of another ; as aho fome 

 for the Nouriftiment of one part of the fame 

 Plant, and fome of another. The other kind 

 of Particles fuftain'd in Water are of a Mine- 

 ral Nature. Thefe likewife are of different 

 forts. In fome Springs we find common Salt, 

 an others Vitriol, in others Alum, Nitre, Sparr, 

 Ochre, &c. nay, frequently federal of thefe, 

 of other Minerals, all in the fame Spring; 

 the Water as it drains and pafles thorough" 

 the Strata of Stone, Earth, and the like, ta- 

 king up and bearing along fuch loofe Mine- 

 ral Corpufcles, as it meets with in the Pores 

 and Interftices of thofe Strata, and bringing 

 them on with it quite to the Spring. All 

 Water whatever is much charg'd with the Ve- 

 getable Matter, this being fine, light, and eafi- 

 ly moveable. For- the Mineral, the Water of 

 Springs contains more of ir than that of Ri- 

 vers, efpecialJy when at diftance from their 

 Sources • and that of Rivers more than the 

 Water that falls in Rain. This I have learn'd 

 from feveral Trials, which I muft not give Ac- 

 count of here ; my Drift in this place being 

 only to evince the Exiftence of Terreftrial Mat- 

 ter in Water. 



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