live neither longer or (Tiorter, than ordinary, but live healthy, fa- 
ving fuch, as are employed about melting of the Lead at the 
Mines who, if they work in the fmoak;, are fubjedi to a Di- 
feafc;, that will kill them, and the Cattel likewife that feed 
tliercabour. The Smoak, that reftsupon the ground, will bane 
them. And therefore the Inhabitants have keepers to keep 
them from it^ for fear of the Infedlion. That the Country is 
not furniflit with many Rivers, and Waters, that rife upon the 
Hills But from the bottom of the hills there are many 
Springs round about, both to xX\tNorth^ South zvii We (i 5 and 
thofe Waters are very wholefome, and pi-oduce Rivers, after 
they have run to fome diftance from thence. That the Atr is 
moift, cold, foggy, thick, and heavy. That it is obferved of- 
ten covered with mifts and fogs 5 and if any Rain be in the 
Country thereabout, it is furely there 5 and 'tis probable, it may 
arife from the Mrneral and Subterraneous Steams. That the 
5^^/^ near the furface of the Earth is red and ftony* and the 
ftones that ar.e drawn out thence, are either of the nature of Fire- 
fionesj or Lme-jloneSy but no way Clays ^ Marly or Chalky. 
To theiOjiiji^jij, 14,15 ^eries. That the rrc'^j-,grow- 
ing thereon, have their tops burnt, and their leaves and out-fides 
difcoloured, and fcorched with the Wind, and grow to no big- 
nefs or ftature. That iht Stones and Pebles, that arewaflied 
with the Brooks and Springs, are of areMfh colour, and pon- 
derous. That Sf^m, Frcjl and Dew ftay upon Mendip longer, 
then upon any of the neighbouring grounds-, but whether the 
D(?»?, falling upon the ground^ will difcolour Linnen, / have not 
obferv'd. 
To the 1$, 17,18,19, ^eries. Hhzi Mendip is more than 
ordinary fubjedi to Thunder and Lightnlng,Storms, Noilurnal 
Lights and fiery Meteors, That the Mifts arife out of the Vales ^ 
but whether they fignifie, where the Minerals are, /cannot fay. 
That the rirguladivmatoria hath not been known to have been 
feen ufed in thefe parts. That there are no certain fignes above 
ground, that afford any probability of a Mine , to my know- 
ledge. 
To the ^erie in the fifth Title , I cm fay little, fave only,' 
yhat the Ore upon Mcndip lies in Veines as a Wall; in fome 
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