befides the Saltoefs difperfed throughout the whole Body of 
the Earth, eafily imbibed by water. He will rather ailow the 
Fenpatetkal Torrefadtion by the Sun to be the Caufe > which 
feems very improbable : For,theSuns heat cannot afb more pow- 
erfully on water to this Effed, than Fire doth) yet this will ne- 
ver give faltnefs to water^that is not already impregnated with 
faline particles. And his Argument againfl: his Adverfary feems 
not convincing 5 namely. That it (hould, if made by Foffil Salt, 
kill all Fifh^as well sea-fifh^and Frefl>fi(b-,for (ojaith ^.*,Sa!cpat 
to frefli water doth. As the matter of FaA is not cvident,that Salt 
put to frefli- water (hould kill Sea-fifli ( the contraiy of which I 
have experimented in OyftersO foitleems not probable, that 
the Salc.which was lately imbodied with the water intheSea^ 
and w^sthen natural to Fifb^flipuldjafter Its reparation and re- 
union again in the like proportion,prove fo fatal. That the Salt 
of Sea- water and Salt- fpr'ngs is the fame with Foflil Sale , will 
be no hard matter to (hew. Tfrelnland Salt fprings do receive 
their Salt nes from this Salt^or from tiothingelle that corns wi h- 
in our imagination. From the 5ea it cannot be fuppofcd to come 
at fuch remote diftancesjas we do frequently find it. 
Ccncerningthe.yalt-fpringat JB^^ C^^;;(?ri in ^omerfetfli. I 
fliall tell you , That the laft week 5 being at Mr R'. houfe, 
Imadetiyal ofthat^alt-fpring , aboveM. miles from the 5ea; 
whichjthough notfofalt then(by reafon of the late Raines} 
as in Summer, yet from a Wme-quart , by Evaporation , we 
obtained near 80. grains^part of which I here fend you. Nei- 
ther can thefe Springs be fait from the 5uns Torrefa(5tion, fince 
they lye no nearer to the ^un's force than many other Springs 
ab: ut them 5 which yet continue frefh. 
Moreover, if I may guefs at the Ingredients of thofe Wa- 
ters, which we call cWj^^^^fe^aud particularly of this nFanwg^ 
, ^ , ton in Dor fet' (hire * I t|iink them to be 
ISkSi^^^'" iTipregnated principallyfrom tb« V.tri- 
p. 1039.1. I.) to be at stM' ol Or Salt of Iron, whi:h is very Voh- 
hurcinsomerfetjh. ^j]^ . f^jf^^^ Hctle of it Can ^e founds 
by evaporation ofag' eat quantity, or from the precipitated fe- 
diment. The proportion of .Jalt in this Water Ifound afterthis 
manner,^ I put 4 ounces of 01 dinary clear water into aGlafs, 
a»d 
