alfo, whether the Mountains lye fcattered, or in ridges y and 
whether thofe run North and South, or Eaft and Weft, (3e. 
What PromontorieSj fiery or fmoaking Hills, C?^^. the Coun- 
try has, or hath not; Whether the Country be coherent, or 
cauch broken into Hands. What the Magnetical Dedination is 
in feveral plaees,and the Variations of that Declination in the 
fame place ( and, if either of thofe be very confiderable, then, 
what circumftances may affift one to guefs at the Reafon as 
Subterraneal fires, the Vicinity of Iron-mines, ^c^ ) whatthe 
Nature of the Soyle is, whether Clays, Sandy, ^c, or good 
Mouldy and what Grains, Fruits, and other Vegetables, do 
the moft naturally agree with it: As alfo, by what particular 
Arts and Induftries the Inhabitants improve the Advantages, 
and remedy the Inconveniences of their Soyl : What hidden 
qualities the Soyl may have ("as that of ir^/Wj againft Veno- 
mous Beafts^C^tr.) 
Secondly , above the ignobler PrtduUions of the Earth, there 
muft be a careful account given of the Inhabitants themfelves^ 
both "Natives and Strangers^ that have been long fettled there : 
And in particular, their Stature, Shape, Colour, Features, 
Strengths Agility, Beauty ( or the want of it) Complexions, 
Hair, Dyet, Inclinations, and Cuftoms that feera UDtdueto 
Education. As to their Women (befides the other things) may 
be obferved their Fruitfulnefs or Barrcnnefs 5* their hard or 
€afy Labour; And both in Women and MeJiiimuft be ta- 
ken notice of what difeafes they are fubje<3; to, and in thele 
whether there be any fyraptome, or any other Cir4:uinftance, 
that is unufual and remarkable. 
As to the jE^r/^rw^/ Productions of the Earth, the Inquiries 
may be fuch as^ibafe : What GrafTes, Grains, Hepbs^ ( Gar- 
den and Wild ) Flowers, Fruit-trees, Timber-trees (efpecially 
any Trees, whofe wood is confiderable) Coppices, Groves, 
Woods, Fbrrefts, the Country has or wants : What pecu- 
liaricies are obfervable in any of them ; What Soyles they mbft 
like or diflike^ and with what Culture they thrive beft; What 
Animallt the Country has or wants, both as to wild Beafts, 
M^wJks, and other Birds of Prey j and as to Poultrey, and 
Cattle 
