Bait I V^. of the Earth. 



phur and other Minerals as long as the 

 Earthquake lafts. That thefe Minerals 

 do not iffue out only at thefe larger 

 £jc/Vi,but fleam forth likewife through 

 the Pores of the Earth, occafioning 

 thofe fulphureous and other offeofive 

 Stenches which ufually attend Earth- 

 quakes, and are the Caule of the fe- 

 vers and other mdigmnt Dijiemfers 

 which commonly fucceed them: bring- 

 ing on oftentimes great Mortalities, 

 not only amongft Men, but even the 

 very Beafts and Fifhe§, That thefe 

 mineral Eruftations arife in fuch quan- 

 tity up into the Atmofphere as to 

 thicken, diicolour, and darken it fomq- 

 times to a very great degree. 



That any Heat whatfoever, even an 

 accidental one, fuch as is that which 

 proceeds from the Bodies of Animdsy 

 and from their Excrements, promotes 

 the Afcent of mineral Matter, but more 

 efpecially of that which is fubtile, light, 

 and a£live, and is confequently move- 

 able more eafily, and with a leffer 

 Power. That by ' this rneans M/re 

 ( wherever there happens to be any in 

 the Earth underneath) is raifcd in Sta- 

 bles, Pigeon-Houfes, and other like 

 Receptacles of Animals : and in thofe 



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