part IV. of the EartK 



confpieuous, apparent, and eafie to be 

 found That this is lb known and ex- 

 perienced amongft the People who are 

 employed to gather the Amber, that 

 they always run down to the Sea- fide 

 after a Storm, for that purpofe ; and, 

 if it hath been fb great as to beat down 

 part of the Cliffs there, they affuredly 

 find Amber, more or lefs, upon the 

 Seas Ebb and Retirement, and after 

 every Retreat of the Sea for fome Tides 

 after ; the Sea not bearing down the 

 Earth immediately and all at once, but 

 wafhing it off by little and little, and 

 fb difcovering the Amber by degrees, 

 Ibme after one 1 ide, and ibme after 

 another. That particularly the Am- 

 ber, Vitriolick Pyriu^ and other like 

 Bodies, that are found upon the Shores 

 of Kjnty EffeXj Hamf^hirty and elfe- 

 where, all came firft from the border- 

 ing Cliffs, and were diflodged by this 

 means ; and are found in the Earth, as 

 well as upon the Shores, whenever 'tis 

 laid open, as in finking Wells, Pits, 

 and the like. That not only the Sea, 

 but Rivers and Rains alfb, are inftru- 

 mental to the DeteQion of Amber 5 

 and other FofEls, by wafliing away 

 the Earth and Dirt that before covered 



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