jfln Abflrac^ of a Letter from Liege concerning a 
firange prefervation of four Men in a Mine 24 
days without any food ^ April 9. 84. 
SOme Colliers working in a Cok-Fit at Herfiol about half a 
League from %t 00 onr Shroue Mundaj Fch, betwixt 7 
and 8 in the morning,one of thein peirced a "vetne of wa- 
ter^ which gufhingin violently drowned one, thole that were 
near the mouth ot the Pit were drawn out, but four of them 
being further within fa ved themfelves upon a little afcent with- 
in the which has feveralL^^^ej or /////ei in it , and were 
fhut in by the i^ater which itopt their paflage out. 24. days 
werefpent indrawingofl thewater.rather to render the mme 
ufeful again then ont of any hopes of laving the men: at 
laft on March the 9th. being the x 5 th of their con- 
finement, f^en entred in, found thefe 4 alive, and drew them 
out and I my feif among many others law and examined them 
about thefe /^^f^'^^^^y'-^: they had not a moriel of Bread with 
them, but lived on the ^2^attr of a little Fountain which broke 
out by them: 2 hottk^ of which I caufed to be ei^aporated to fee if 
it were any thing extraordinary, and found nothing but a 
fcarce perceptible Calx remaining. 
