m that Town'5 ai;e built altogether furrounded with water I Whereby 
the Ships have the co^venreky bf iy ing clofe to them ^ to take in 
their Lading. No Houfes fuSered to be built neair theni p to be 
thereby fecored from the cafualties of Fire. 
SecvnMj y That thofe of Mu[covy are made mder Gromd^ by 
digging a deep Pit y of almofl: the Figure of a Sugar-loaf , broad 
below, and narrow at the top 5 the fides w^ell-plaiftefd round 
about , and the top very clofe cover'd with Stone, The people 
of thatCountrey are fo very careful 5 to have the Corn well dried, 
before they put it into thofe Subterraneous Granaries , that , when 
the weather of ^that Northern Cliinat ferves not to dryitfuffici- 
ently 3 they heat their Barns, by the means of great Ovens 3 and 
thereby very well drying their .eorn , fupply the deficiency of 
their Ihort Summer, 
Inquiries 
i^r Hungary ^w^^^ 
In frofecntion of the Mngdgement ^ fuhlijhed Numb. f, 41 4^ 
422. w now [ubjojn fome other Inquiries 5 an-l firft thefey that 
mre very htely recommended t^ afludiom and inquifitweTrm" 
fylvanian^ wha from London returned tohis teuntref^ md po^ 
mifed to frocure good Anfwers to the fellomng particulars ^ 
Viz; 
I, '\7\7ttat is obfervable m Hungary ^ Tranfyhania ^ and 
V V the Neighbouring parts 5 as to Minerals , Springs , 
Warm Baths, Earths;> Quarries, Mettals, &c.- {Reference was 
here given to the Inquiries concerning Mines y printed Num. 19.) 
r. i; Particularly J To inquire into the fereral forts of Antimony I 
of Antimony-core , to be found in Hungaria 5 and to inform us of 
the feveral places , whence they are digged^ to the end ^ that they 
may be fent for f 
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