The Natural Bifiory Part IIL 



That as the Water refiident in the 

 Aby fs is, in aB Pans of it, ftored with 

 a CQiiriderable quantity of Heat, and 

 more efpecially m thofe where thefe ex- 

 traordinary Aggregations of this Fire 

 happen, fb likewife is the Water which 

 is thus forced out of it ; infbmuch 

 that, when thrown forth, and mix'd 

 with the Waters of Wells, of Springs, 

 of Rivers, and the Sea, it renders them 

 very fenfibly hot. 



That it is ufually expelled forth in 

 ^afi qmntitks^ and with^re^? Impetuo- 

 Jity^ infomuch that it hath been leen 

 to fpout up out of deep Wells, and fly 

 forth, at the tops of them, upon the 

 face of the ground. With like rapidity 

 comes it out of the Sources of Rivers, 

 filling them fb of a fudden as to make 

 them run over their Banks, and over- 

 flow the neighbouringTerritories,with- 

 out fo mu€h as one drop of Rain falling 

 into them, or any other concurrene 

 Water to raife and augment them. 

 That it fpues out of the Chafmes, open- 

 ed by the Earthquake, in great abun- 

 dance: mounting up,in mi^ty StreamSy 

 to an incredible height in the Air, and 

 this oftentimes at many Miles diftance 

 from any Sea. That it likewife flies 



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