Marie, or the like, with a Direaiori 

 imrailel to the Site of thofe Strata^ till 

 it atrives at their perpendicular In*^ 

 tervalls. 



That the Water being thus ap- 

 proachM to thefe Interval^, in cafe the 

 StruUy whereby the alcending Vapouif 

 was colleQ:ed rfnd condenled into Wa-* 

 ter (as we ufually fpeak) in Hke nian- 

 ner as by an Alembick, happen to be 

 raifed above the knjel of the Earth'^ 

 ordinary Surface, as thofe Strata, are 

 whereof Mountains confift, then thfe 

 Water, being likewife got above the 

 feid kvel^ flows forth of thofe IntervalM 

 or Apertures, and, if there be no Ob^ 

 ftacle without, forms Brooks and Ri^ 

 vers : but where the Strata^ which fb 

 condenfe it, are not higher than the 

 mean Surface of the Earth, it flagnates 

 at the Apertures , and only forms 

 Standmg-Springs. 



That though the Supply from this 

 great Receptacle below be contimaly 

 and nearly the fame at all Seafons^ and 

 alike to all parts of the Globe, yet when 

 it arrives at or near the Surface of the 

 Earthy where the Heat (the Agenf 

 which evaporates and bears it up ) is 

 not fo confiant and uniform as is that re- 



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