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nary univcrfe ; Yet that the difproportion of 

 fuch inhaerent fecundity is very great, in 

 only the known inllances of well, and rain 

 Water. 



Again, as to the beft of waters, 'viz. 

 thofe immediately from the heavens (for 

 thofe artificially impregnated with lixivious 

 falts, have nothing to do here) it's influence 

 on the vegetation of fuch plants as Oaks, 

 is, more, or lefs, according as what fpecies 

 of lands they grow upon : As the fat, 

 unftuous clays, and foils of like contexture, 

 not only retain the water of any kind, but 

 yield thereto, a colliquated nutriment of 

 their own, congruoufly adapted to the pores 

 of the roots ; by which alTociation with the 

 aforefaid fluids, the far better growth of the 

 Oaks is promoted, than in Hungry — Sandy 

 — Light earths — which have nothing but 

 the water, fo long as it lafts to forward 

 them. 



Hence, the quantity, or proportion of 

 this auxiliary pofle, in the fublatent ftrata's 

 of earth, in union with the rain from heaven, 

 as it abounds more, or lefs, is, the main 

 guidance to the proprietor to afcertain the 



determinate 



