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2, About the ^/r may be obfervM, its Temperature, as to 
thcfirft four Quaficies ( commonly fo cali'd ) and the Mea- 
fares of them : its Weight, Clearnefs^ Refra(!iivc power : its 
Sublety or Grofsncfs : its abounding with, or wanting znEfu-^ 
tine Salt : its variations according to the feafons of the year, 
and the times of the dayi What duration the feveral kinds of 
Weather ufually have % V Vhat Meteors it is moft or leaft wont 
to breed 5 and in what order they are generated 5 and how 
long they ufually laft; Efpecially, what Winds it is fabjed to ; 
whether any of them be ftated and ordinary, What di- 
feafcs are Epidemical^ that are fuppofed to flow from the Air : 
What other difeafes, wherein that hath a (hare, the Countrey 
is fubjed to; the Plague and Contagious fickneffes : What is 
the ufual falubrity or infklubrity of the Air 5 and with what 
Conftitutions it agrees better or worfe, than others. 
g. About the Water ^ may be obferv'd, the Sea, its Depth3de- 
rgree of Saltnefs, Tydes, Currents, ^i^. TSIext^ Rivers, their 
Bigtiefs Length, Courfe, Inundations, Goodnefs, Levity 
( or their Contraries ) ofWaters^ ^c. Then, LakeSj Ponds, 
Springs, and efpecially Mineral waters, their Kinds, Quali- 
riesj VertueSjand how examined. To the Waters belong alfo 
Fijhes^ what kinds of them (whether Salt or Frefh- water fiili J 
are to be found in the Country 5 their Store, Bigiiefs, 
Goodnefsj i SeafonSj Haunts, Peculiarities of any kind, and 
the wayes of taking them, elpecially thofe that are tiot purely 
Meckamcal, 
4. In the Earth^ mzy be obfervcd, 
■ J, I Itfelf. : ; 
2, li% Inhabit ants, znd. its ProduUhns, im^ thefe ExternssI, 
and InternaL 
Firfl^ inKh^^zxih it Jelf^ may be obferv'd, its dimenfions, 
fdtuatiofijEaftj Weft, North, and South : its Figure,its Plains, 
and Valleys,' and their Extents its Hills and Mountains, and 
the height of the talleft, both in reference to the neighbouring 
Valleys or Plainsj and ia reference to the Level of the Sea : As 
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