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thing of Truth which ftill remains difguifed and 

 blended with the Jargon of Judiciary Aftrology. 



In order therefore to fet this Matter in a lit- 

 tle clearer light, I (hall in the firfl: place (hew, 

 That the Sun and Moon regarding their Near- 

 nefs and Direction to the Earth only, befides the 

 Effe&s of Heat, Moifture, thereby caufed in 

 our Atmofpherc, muft at certain times make fome 

 Alterations in all Animal Bodies , then enumerate 

 fome Hiftories and Obfervations of fuch Changes, 

 and enquire of what life fuch Thoughts as thefe 

 may be in the Practice of Phyfick. 



It is a conftant Obfervation of thole who write 

 the Hiftory of the Winds, That the moft Windy 

 Seafbns of the Year, are the Time about the 

 Vernal and Autumnal Equinox \ for be the Air 

 never fb calm before or after, we never fail of 

 having Winds at that Juncture. Every body 

 likewife knows, that in the moft quiet Weather 

 we are fure of fome Breeze at Mid-day and Mid- 

 night, as alfo at Full Sea, I e. always about the 

 time the Sun or Moon arrive at the Meridian. 

 Seamen and Country People reckon upon Thi?, 

 and order their Affairs accordingly. And the 

 changes of the Weather as to Winds or Calms 

 efpecially about the New arid Full Moon, are 

 too well known to require any Authority to con- 

 firm fuch Remarks. Thofe who defire a fuller 

 account of thefe Obfervations, may fee it in De 

 Chalet's Navigation, Ga/fendus's Natural Philofb- 

 phy, and J. Goad, his Aftro- Maeoro-Logica. 



Thefe things being Matters of Fa£t, and in a 

 manner Regular and Univerfal, it may very well 

 feem Orange that Philofbphers have not been 

 more accurate in their Enquiries into the Reafbn 

 of fuch Appearances. True indeed it is, that the 

 Origin of Winds is various and uncertain, but 



however 



