Infiancis, Hints and Applications ^ relating to a main pdint^^fo/i" 
cited in the Preface 1 9 this 4th Vol 5 concerning the vfe may 
he made of Vaults ^ deep Wells ^ and Cold Cenfervatories^to 
find out the Cauje^ cr to promote the Generation of Salt^Minerals^ 
J^etals^Chriftal'j Gems^ Stones of divers kinds ^ and helps to 
confer ve long > or to ha ft en FntrefaStion^ Fertility of any Lmd, 
Sec, bj the fame D. Beale^ in another Letter tothe PubU- 
fher, 
Sifj 
1 Shall here colled from your own Trads^C with a kief couch 
from my own Obfervations and Readings ) wkw Hints , per- 
taining CO your Solicitations in your Preface to this ^th FolM^ 
I. Our worthy Friend^ Mr Evelyn his Sylva^ as it is now 
moft excellently improved in his 2^ Edition, Cj. p. 26, re- 
citeth, that a certain Oak was found buried fomewherein Trar^- 
fylvania^ near the Salt pits , intirely converted into an hard 
Salt. He adds 5 that this Experiment, if true ^ may poflibly 
encourage fome other attempts for the multiplying ofSak.rW 
he. And hence I hope 5 I may be excufed for my Inquifitive- 
nefs aftfr Salt-fpringS5 which however weak, may poffibly 
fometimes Indicate more Foflile Salt than is c^rayned or ap- 
proached by that particular Spring, And Sr. Hr^gh Flat in 
thebeft Cabinet of his ^^'^f<? c, 104. rebukes our lazy 
Englifli for negledllng the rich and fertilizing Quality of our 
Brine, which encompaffeth our Hand , and meets us at the foot 
of fome of our Hills. Some indeed in the Weft do rnake ufe of 
brackifli fand, and do find a good rev^^ard when they bear the 
charges of carry ing it far for the enriching of their Inherican^- 
ces5 whilft other Rufticks will not be intreated to accept of 
the Brine they have in the midft of their own Grounds, Cer- 
tainly the Saline {teams are carryed by the Air and VVindmacli 
-farther fromS^kitfrif in heaps, or veflels, than from rheSea 
water: Froni "^n-heoce the Dews, which arife in vapours^, do- 
ddcmd as (vj<!-^t and pore as the Dew which afcsnds irom 
the Eartli 5 aad rhe Rain /hews m difference. And I g av e yoa ■ 
