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iadry, t han in wee feafoRs 5 and more Salt of the fame tjnantity 
of BiiT>e 21 the Foil of the Moon, than at any other time, 
2, HctP hngb fore the Spring'^ or in the ^frifig^ it mdj he^ before 
the Fountains break out into their fullefl [ources ? An, *Tis not . 
obfjivabie at ali in our Salc-fprings, that the Brine rifeth more 
plentifully in the Sp ing-time, than at any other fea'bn cf the 
year: neither is there any fenfible difference in thequicknefs 43f 
the fooices ?s to the times of the day. 
5. How much Water the Spring yields daily ^ or in an hottr^ ordi* 
narily. or In great Droughts? An, Onr Pitt is about j yards 
f^uarc or better, and of To plentiful a four^re, that I believe, it 
cannot be gjucfled^ and the rather, becaufe it feems not to run 
nuich, wfic: V "tis pernni ted to come at its full guage, where a 
veni througli the bank into the River is 5 but being drawn much, 
fc s to fink it below its u^ual guage, it fo plentifully lets in, 
tKat 'twill nerve 211 the houfes in the Town to^vork5 without 
frJjing much lower than a yard or two at moft • fo that I believe, 
thn, whe r* ''m full, its own weight ballances much the influx of 
th Spr ngs. which are much quicker in alow Pitt, than a .uU 
ont. - , ' - 
4 what diflar^ce. the two riche^ Springs , oS. Nantwich ar^d 
r-r ^ twich a e fr§mthe Sca ? An, That of Nantvp'ch is from 
ihr Se i b ur 30 vlilc^, Drojt' wich, being in Worcejterfbire^ is not 
known r ) me. 
5 How n^ar th^ foo of an Hill is tothofe springs ^ and what 
height ih ncx tfflhs of ? An. : he neareft HJl fof thofe, that 
are worth cdling H'lls) to ou • S rings is about 7 Miles diflant 
from them: the Hill fteeper, but not much higher, than High- 
Gate Hill/ . 
6^ wherein con ft ^ the Diflir^^iions of thofe forts of Salt^ which 
Are called Cdtts of Salt, and Lo.wes of Salt ? An. As White SoXt 
is that, deliver'/ in my former difcourfe. and Gray Salt the fweep- 
ingsof fuch Sa't/as isconflantly /lied and fcatter'd about on the 
floore y^ ithout taking much of the Dirt, which occafions itsgray- 
nefs (which fdls not at naif the rate of ihtWhiteSd\t^ and is 
only bought up by the poorer fort of People, and ferves them in 
faking Bacon, courfe Cheefc, (jrc,) So Cats of Sale are only 
wiadc of the woift of Salc^ when yet weitifli from the Panas 3 
molded 
