0^5) 
confirmthe indication. And morelateiy^in very dark daics/I 
had the fame confidence upon the fame groundj and 1 was not 
difappoint d. 
3. Again,if the Mercury afcends to a good height after the fal! 
©f rain Vas fometimes , but lefs often it does) then I look for a 
fetlcd fereoity^ but if it proceeds after rani in a defcending mo- 
tion, then I exped: a continuance of broken and fliowry wea« 
ther. But in all, as I only hy^Ferthe moji part Jo 1 dare not pofi- 
tively declare it an affirmative refulc , but do refer it to the re« 
marks of others. And this may exphcate the Notes and 14 of 
I^um.^. into more clearnefs. 
4. That we find the Weather and our Bodies more chill, 
coldj and drooping, when the Mercury is loweft , and the An: 
hghteft, befides other caufe^^^I guefs , That as Air is to us the 
breath of Hfejas water is to Fiflies ; fo^when we are deprived of 
the ufual meafure of tbis our food , *tis the f^sme to us^ as when 
the water is drawn ebb fromFiflies. But I would much rather 
be iuftru6ted by others,then offer much in this kind. 
5. The lo weft defcent of the Merctiry in all the time , fince I 
have obfcrved itjwas oBob,26. 1665. in the Evening , when it 
was very near at 27 j Inches. Which 1 find thus circumftanced 
with the weather in my notes. 
Incli.' 
0B.'2'^, Morning > Mercury at 28-. Great ftorms and much raiiu 
Oii. i^.Mornii g , ^^erc. at 28. winds quiet.thick dark clouds, 
16. Evening Mnc. at 27™, That day, and fome daies fol- 
io wing^ the weather was variable^ frequent rain 5 and as 
you fee, the W^r^z^^ lowerjthan ufuaL 
(3, Over the place, where this Mercurial Carte &,^nd^,T\mt€kt 
a Wind x^^/i^, withpurpofeof exailnefs, of a Streamer in Braff 
fo large, and pointing to a Board indented in the Margin ^ that 
Lean ata fure Level upon theF'^w^, take every of the'^Q. points 
of the Wmdj half. points, and quarter points^at good diftance. 
Othcrwiie we may. find our gueffes much deceived ^ as the beft 
gULffers, upon trial, do acknowledge. And this exailaefs may 
become the Wheel-ballance^^hich ll^ews the minuteft variatioDS 
Valmoft beyond imagination; And thus any fervant, at the ap- 
proach of a thick Cloud, or other Meteor, higher or-lower.or at 
the rifing of a ftorm or frefli v/ind in the night^Qr day^may bring 
areporc of the Weight of the Air , as certainly and almoit 
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