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diffiance. Nor can it be fuppofed, that thefc waters, which 
hare in them a Body of Mineral Salts, can want thofeVolatil 
SpiritSjWhich others poflefs, that have no Minerals at all. Nay 
its plain , that even Scarbrough-wntx being drunk at the Town, 
which is but a quarter of a mile from the Spaw, hath nothing 
fo pleafantarelifliupon the palat,as it hath at the Fountain( and 
fomcobferve, its not fo operative : ) But whether that Alterati- 
on come from a fudden lofs of any Spirits , 1 ftiall not haftily 
determin , but do rather chufe to makeit out thus: It is fuch 
an Alteration as we obferve in Wine or Ale, which^after a while, 
loofes the briske tafte or relifh , which it had being new drawn 
out of the Cask, whereby it isnotfo grateful tothePalat, 
while yet perhaps there is little or no lofs of any Vinous 
or Frumental Spirit 5 burthen, atter aday or two, it becoms 
whitifliin Colour, and fuffers fome degrees of Purrefa(5iion: 
Notwithftanding I could never difcern it toloofe of its quan- 
tity, as Frambejarm and Van Heer affirm concerning the 
tjermartf as 1 have cited them p. loi. of my Anfwer. 
Now, that I may yet more fully makeout thetiuthofwhat 
1 haveaflferted about the Principles of Scadrm^h-spajv^ I here 
prefent to your view thefefeveral parts of it^ with the manner 
of Extradiion. 
As touching the Vitriol 5 I muft refer you to my Book,where 
I hope 1 have fufficiently proved it to be one of them , efpeci- 
ally to p. 425 44 5 fincc, it being there principally in its Vo- 
latil parts , it cannot be fo efpccially reprefented to the fenfes 
at diftance , while yet it is moft confpicuous at the Weil, 
After Diftiilation or Evaporation of the Water, taken clear 
out of the Fountain, and ftrained from all fabulous mixture,thfre 
is found that Body of Minerals, figned A, viz, an ounce in five 
quarts , and in dry years, 10 drachms : Which I take to be the 
Produdi of the five Minerals, Jron^Vitriol ^ Alme, Nitre and 
Salty which the water Is impregnated withal,and feerr s to have 
a compound tafte of fharpe Salt, acid, and fomewhatftiptick^ 
and indeed atertium diverfe from them all, 
DifTolve this body of Minerals in pure Spring-water, or di- 
ftilled water, and thenfi ter it through Cap-paper , there will 
ftay a little Infipid Earth in the filter, but the water will be 
exceeding 
