That confidering that it raines little or nothing com- 
paratively to the great heats, m y£^ypt ; and that the 
Lakes there are only once a year fumifht with frefh Wa- 
ter from the overflowings of Nik ; alfo that vaift tradls of 
Land there and all over ^/a are naturally covered with 
foJ/ilSalti again thofe Lakes are furnifht with vaft Ani- 
mals as Crocodiles^ Hippopotami , and without doubt 
great variety of other lelTer Vermine j thele things f 
fay,wellconfidered,it is eafy to think, that in a years 
time,mofl; the S ah Water of thofe Lakes has paft through 
the Bodies of thole Animals, and confequently is become 
Urinous or Salin-Vrinous, as is the nature and compo* 
^tiovi oih&AX,io\x% Sal Armoniac. 
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