tea intolerably ^ron^ , not much unlike Gunpowder ne\v\v Mmotl Clofe adjoynlng 
unrothis Town of , were two Springs kind for the Eyes the one J.n a Paliurc, 
the other within a Bol-ihoot in a Field. The Oid People prefer that in the Paltiiic be- 
fore the othcr,ns they have it hom Elder Tradiiion, and theii- pretended experience 
And at ^his time , ihe more commended Spring , which is in tke Failure, and on the lide 
ofarifingGroimd runs freely ^ the other i$ newly dryed up. 'Tis not evety Highc 
Gravelh'ng of the Eyes :hat fufficiently Indicates an extraordinary Eye-water : Many good 
Spring's have a degree of Terfivencfs 5 but that which ii extraordinary - hath a Erittio* 
fomewfeac permanent^and is in the end gratifying. We have alfo , clofe byiour Town , a 
Sprin'' called Where it breaks out , and where it firft falls, it tingeih tne 
IbnesV the Colour of Rufty-Iron , and it hath the fmell ftrongly^ ( and feemeth to 
t$i\ ) of Zlufty-Iron. Yet 'tis as clear as any water ; and Itryed it for aMoneth or 
more in my ttudy, putting Cornilh-fiate and Peblcs to icinaGlaisJ and it gave no 
tindure at all to the {tones , nor any fediment j So that I fufped the tindure to proceed 
from fome Effluvium mingled with the water at firft opening : But I confide not much 
in the fingle and lliort tryal I made. Some Old men boa ft of many great cures it iiath 
done. I dafe fay nothing for it,or againft it: Neither da l' know , whether I fliouU 
call it Metalline ', or Anti- Metalline , (ince Ruft is the Futrefadion and deftrudion of 
Iron. Our Fore- Fathers, and very Old men jfcarce heard of the name of the -Scflf- 
butei Tis a feafonable providenccjif, fince that difeafc is become fo Epidemical, the re- 
medy ftiould be fo Obvious and Vulgar,as is pretended to be,by fueh feri'ugineous Spring?, 
This breaks out near the foot ©f a lofty hill , which continues, with Tome lelTer falls , a- 
bout J miles weftward to Hmden ^jiarre , where they dig a hard free flone of a dark 
yellow colour. At mfl- Carrel, five miles hence Northward, is a very fxtid black Spring, 
which tingeth Silver black immediately ; and I am told, that about lo miles hence, more 
Eaftward , near Wine- C aunt on, not many years agoe, they digged for Cole, where th'C 
Colemen were endangered by a fastid damp 5 And when they aflayed the Cole in the fire» 
It proved very noyfom , fo that they forfook thofe Cole mines, Perhaps it may be fcrvi- 
ceable to them that know how to make an . honeft ufe of Arfenic and other poyfons, 
r I. Here a§ain,with fome timoroufnefs , I propofc the Inquiry , Vvhciher Subterra- 
neous fteamf s might not give the dark yellow tindure to the Hatriden ^arrc, and the 
property to this water of R.ujfy wei/ forthe fulvous coloration ; It cannot be cxpcded » 
that Materials, diftering fomuch as ftoncs feera todifier from waterjwhcn pcffedly petrify- 
e4,ihould retain the very fame CoIour,thoughboih received it from tl=-e very fame fteames. 
The fame I propofelfor the blacknefs and foetidnefs of the Spring in Weft-Cmefsmd of the 
Cole near Wine Caununi that both may receive the fame tindure, and odour from Sub» 
terranean fteames, which may perhaps be of fo many kinds , and mixtures , astocaufc 
much of the great diverfitics of Metals, Mineral 8, Earths,and Soyles ; and of fome minute 
differences in The Colour,T3ft,Odour, and drcfs of Vegetables ? Yea and of the Furres, 
H3yreJ,Woot,and other little varietyes in Animals ( particularly in fheep ) in fevera! pla\ 
ces } more immediately in Vegetables j and of Animals by remoter circumftanccs, I wili 
not exceptthe Ethiopiclihue i and humors of men in diftant Climates ; though Vegeta- 
bles and Animals do C for the moft part ) retain their fcminal properties in diftant Cli- 
mates for many generations : and perhaps from thefe terreftrial ftcams the Vegetables 
do imperceptibly draw fome of their Salts , and much of their nutriment. T befe things 
I dare not affirm, nor fay much more, till I fee fit time and place to offer my leafbns and 
other Obfcrvations. . 
12, For thefe Overtures I will at prefent inftance no more than thus. The IlfuRri- 
ous Mr B^j'/e hath,rns8tlainks,evinced 3 that the moft folid Bodyeswe know, have theic 
Atmofpheres of fteams and Exhalations : And whatever the Materials be, which are un- 
der our Terrene cruft towards the Centre, whether fluid, flaming, or grofs Subflances^ 
they muft needs hold an Intercourfe of tranfpiraiions, and mutually operate by their per- 
peLual agitations, and whirlings about : And by the Tw/cino'ijfrequent in andto 
be fecii in fcveral other places , and by the heats in deepeft Mines, and by many ether ma- 
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