heat j is very proper for the operations of Art*, but at 
chinks and crevices being made therein, it ceafcs to be fo, 
the heat getting away through them, what fire foever you kindle 
therein, 
I fhail fay no more of it , the Sequel of what I have faid 
going very far , if it be true. In the mean ti'me ^ if you 
thnk it not contemptible, I (hail fend you all what I 
have meditated upon it;, at large 5 and in the form of a juft 
Volume. 
Although this Difcourfe exceeds already the bounds of a Let« 
ter, yet to fatisfie your curiolity, I fhall add fome few Obfervati- 
ons^ I have met with in thefe parts. 
Firft, Returning from I went purpofelyto Frm- 
in the laft Vintage; to give you an accompt of the man- 
ner^ how they make their Mufcadin-Wine, They let the Grapes 
grow half dry upon the Vine^ and asfoonas they are gathered, 
they tread and prefs them immediatelyjandTun up the liquor, 
without letting it ftand and work in the Fatj the Lee caufing its 
goodnefs. Thus is made the true genuine Mufcadine, without 
mixing any other fort of Grape withit. Lately a certain perfon 
thought fit to pafs White- Wine of another kind upon the 
mark or husks (which are wont to be caft away) of the 
Mufcadine Grapes , and hath made in this manner an ex- 
cellent Wine, which hath the tafte of Mufcadine , and is 
more pleafing to fome, nor is fo heady , as the franc or true 
-Miifcadine. 
Secondly, Upon the way of Beziers to Nar kmc ^ in a place 
pretty large, raifed by eftimation above the level of theSea, 
( which is two Leaguesdiftant from it ) about 1 5 or 16 fathoms, 
I faw Rocks, which inclofed a good number of big Oyfters petri- 
fy 'd: And upon the fame way above the place, which is call'd 
Nice^zt the higheft place of the defcenr.5 very cragged, where 
the Rock is cut to make a paffage, is feen a Bed, two foot large, 
of many Cockle-fhells petrify'd, heap'd up, as ordinarily they 
are on theSea-lhoar 5 which notes fumciently, that theSea for- 
merly cover'd this place, according to vfhu Ariflotk fomewhere 
faith, W^i nui^c e(l Arid^, elim Mare fuit. 
Thirdly^ 
