1. *^ T 7 Hat are chiefly theprefent Studies of the Peffhm ^ 
V V what Kind of Learning they nc^w e^ccel in 
2. What other Trades or VnGdcts^ h^Mtt Silhmii Tap^^ 
niaking^jthey areskiiledin f: ' — 
i J. Whether, there being alreafdy^g^od De{6n^iqns> irt m??^^ 
oF tte ExcelletJt Pidliires and BaflFe Relieves^ that are about Pef^ - 
fefolu ^i Chimim, yet none veiry partieukr; ' fome may cibt be? 
found fufficiemly skill'dyn thofe parts, that might be eng'aged to- 
make a Draught of the Placej and the Stories there piiftiired^anci;: 
4. How they make that Plaifter, wherewith in thofe parts and" 
in f^idra they line their T anks^ or Cifternsy and which^ when drye. 
lliines like M arble, and is much harder f 
Other ^ariesy concerning the Air^ Watersy Minerals^ Ve- 
getabfej Animals.t^r;. ^peculiar to Perflay imy be iaken'out of 
thofe General MMadt oilh<\\Mts^f0r a Mm Coun^ 
fre)', printed 'in iV/(5i*^^, 11. and out oi iho^t Articles oilrquiries 
concerning Mines y publiQit in Numb. 19. to which we refer the 
Reader, 
As to the Inquiries proper firtutktyythey d[o makeadjfi^Jrlich 
See-iV^w^^20v ■ : r _ 
nquirtes 
For Virginia and the Bermuciasa 
3;/^ Oncerning the Varieties of jE^r^^^ 5 'tis faki^thei'eisone 
kind of a Gummy cOiififtence^ white and^ cieerr Ai^other' 
white, and fo light, that it fwims upon water : AnotJi^er^red/ call'd 
Waferghy\\ktTerra i^/f/y/^^^.Qucere^ what other confiderable kinds 
are there And to fend over a parcel of each, 
2. What confiderable Minerals^ Stones^i Bitumens T:in(aures, 
Drugs < 
3. What hot Baths^and of what Medicinal ufe t 
^4. V/hat is the Original of thofe large Nav gable Rivers, 
- which 
