Part IV, of the Earth. igj 



ther part of it, pccafioned by the Mo- 

 tion of the Vapour towards the per- 

 pendicular Intervalls of rhefe : and, * ^^rt 5. 

 in the Uxer Strata, %h as thofe oP'"^ ^' 

 Sand, Clay, and the like, from the 

 lower ones to thofe which lye above 

 ihem,^ and even to the very Surface of 

 the Earth, occafioned by the Motion 

 of the Vapour direftly towards the 

 Surface, it pervading thefe looikr Strata 

 diametrically f. But of this I havefi^/V, 

 not room to enlarge more particularly 

 in this place. 



That the Bitumen which is found in 12. 

 Lump% Of coagulated Mafles, in fbme 

 Springs ; and which is, in others, found 

 floating in form of an Oyl upon the 

 Surface of the Water 3 when 'tis called 

 by Naturalifts Naphhay and Petroleum : 

 the Sale whejewith the Sdinte^ or Salt- 

 Springs^ abound : the Vitriol, Alum, 

 Mtre^ Sulphur, Spar, and other Mine- 

 rals^ wherewith the Acidt^la^ or Medi- 

 ciqal-Springs are faturated : I fay, all 

 thefe Minerals w^e originally lodged 

 in the Stmta. of Stone, Cole, Earth^, or 

 the like : that they were educed thence, 

 and conveyed into thefe Springs, by the pj^^f'^^ 

 Water pervading thofe S^r^^/^ in its paf^ Sea. r. 

 fage from the Abyfs towards the faid ^£^4 

 Springs 11 • O 3 Thztconf.$, 



