308 TheNmuralBiftory HftlV* 



That at fufch time the Sun's pm- 

 ir is fb great as thus to pierifetrate the 

 lej^teriout I*aft$ df thfe Earth : to difturb 

 thefe miilfetal Pafticles: ^ttd raifc thetii 

 ftorri out the Stfdtk wherein they la^, 

 it dots riot titilf fuftairi thfetti ih the Air 

 e(f Grotto's, MittcSj arid bthet Cal^erhs 

 tindei- grbUhi}, but llktWife beat^ thcrii 

 mt through the MdUths of tllcffe €4- 

 vfetns,arid through the o'fdiriary Gtatks 

 arid P(#fes of the Eat th^ riieftfritiftg thetti 

 iipi aWng '^'kh the Watery ExhaMti- 

 f Vid.paH oins, irito the Atriibfphere el|3eciai- 

 con/.f' lySuifyhur, Nitte^ arid the ofnher rtjftfe 

 light arid active Minerals; Where tfiey 

 feyrriif Meitiirs'^ arid are particularly thte 

 Gaufe oi Thmder^ arid of Lightai^g^ 

 That, this ttiineral Mattel ^equiririg a 

 eon Saerab'le degree of Heat to raift if, 

 fhe mbfl- JsForthern Glitries, arid thte 

 Winter Sealbns afe, for t!jat reafort, 

 little &r hot at all ttoubled with Thun- 

 der ; it feldotti happening, in an'y great 

 nieafure , but in the hotter Moriths, 

 and iri the Southern Countf ies, as iri 

 Cofjgo^Gumeat and other Parts of jfricx, 

 and in the Southern Parts of Jfid arid 

 Ameried ; where 'tis, during the Sfea- 

 j! Vid. Pag. fon of their great Rains |j, horribly loiAi 

 and aftoniftiing, and as much exceeds 



the 



