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then abroad in the Fields. 'Tis alfb the 

 Cafe of Water at the Surface of the 

 Earth ; where the Springs and Rivers * conf, 

 are very low, yea fbme of them ceafe^^""^^ 5- 

 to yield any Water at all, in the Sum- conf. £ 

 mer Months, becaufe the Sun's Power 

 is then fb great as eafily and fpeedily 

 to bear up into the Atmofphere, in 

 ffflall and invifible parcels, and in form 

 of an extremely fine and thin Vapour, 

 a very great part of the Water which 

 is fent up out of the Abyfs : whereas 

 in the Winter-time the Sun is with- 

 drawn farther off, and its power lef^ 

 ftned, fb that it cannot then buoy it up 

 as before ; for which reafbn 'tis that fo 

 much more of it then ftands at the Sur- 

 face of the Earth, and ftagnates there. 

 So likewife for Rain ; we learn from 

 Experiment that there commonly falls 

 in England^ in France^ and fome other 

 Countries, more Rain in June and 

 ytily^ than in December and January ; 

 but it makes a much greater Shew upon 

 the Earth in thefe Months than in thofe^ 

 becaufe it lyes longer upon it ; the Sun 

 now wanting power to exhale and 

 bear it up fb quickly and plentifully as 

 then it did. Tis alfo the C^fe of the 

 fialittf^ emitted forth of the Lungs of 



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