2. That he conceives Amber to be a kind of Fojffll Pud i 
whofe Veins lie at the bottom of the Sea ; believing that it is 
hardned in tra6t of time , and by the motion of the Sea caft on 
ihore : He acids ^ that hitherto it hath been believed, not to be 
found but in Boruffia j but he affures, thatic is alfo found m Sue^ 
den, on the fliores of the Ifle ofSiorl^i^m the Lake M^/<?ro, whofe 
water is fweet. Of this,/?^"/;??^^, he hath a fine piece by him j 
two inches large and thick, prefented him by one that himfclf 
with his own hands had gathered it and feveral other pieces , on 
the fliore of the faid Ifland ; ajflGrmiog withall from the mouth 
of a Shepheard of that place, that it is thrown out by a ftrong 
Wind, bearing-upon the fliore. 
^. That it is moft certain, th^t Srvallom fink themfelves to- 
wards Autumne into Lakes, no otherwife than Frogs ^ and that 
many have aiTured him of it,who had feen them drawn out with 
a Net together with Fiflies, and put to the fire, and thereby re- 
vived. 
4. That 'tis alfo very true 5 that many Animals there grow 
white in Winter3and recover their own Colour in Summer.That 
himfelf hath feen and had hares , which about the beginning of 
Winter 5c Spring were half white,and half of their native colour: 
that in the midft of Winter he never faw any but all white. That 
Foxes alfo are white in Winter j and Squirrels grayifti , mixt of 
dark and white colour. 
5, That 'tis known there generally^ that Fijhes are killed, by 
' reafon of the Ice not being broken : but /r/?, in ponds only or 
narrow Lakes ; mxt^m fuch Lakes onely^where the Ice is pretty 
thick ; for, where 'tis thin, they dye not fo eafily. Laflly, that 
diofeFiflies that lye in flimy crclayie ground, dye not fo foon 
as others. But, be adds, that even in great Lakes, when 'tis a ve* 
ry bitter Froft, Fee is wont to be broken, either by the force 
of the Waves, or of the imprifoned Vapors, raifed by the agita- 
tion of the Water, and then burfting out with an impetuoficy 5 
wicnefs the noife made by the rupture of the Ice through the 
whole length of foch Lakes,whfch he affirms to be not lefs terri- 
ble than if many Guns went off together. Whereby it falls out, 
that Firties are feldome found dead in great Lakes. 
^» That neither Oyle, nor a ftrong Brine of Bay- fair, is truly 
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