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as I perceive fome have mifunderftood, his only Drink) 
prefer'd for wholfomnefs that which was diftill'd to that 
which was not ; and if herein that Learned Prince , and 
thofe of the fame Opinion, were not miftaken, it will 
highly recommend the ufefulnefs of the Patentees Inven- 
tion to Mankind : For I {hall on this occafion obferve, 
that there are multitudes of Waters that are not confide* 
rably brackifh to the Tafte, that yet, by reafon of fome 
unheeded Saltnefs, as in moft Pump-waters, are more 
frequently, by reafon of Crudity, are not only unfit, or 
(at beft) lefs fit, for divers Oeconomical Ufes, as Walh- 
ing, Boyling of fome Meats, &c. but are very unwhol- 
fome; fometime to a degree, that makes themmifchie- 
¥ous to whole Communities, and perhaps Nations. Of 
this 'twere to be wiftfd, that it were harder to give In- 
ftances. I remember I have feen a notable one, in thofe 
hugh and unfightly Tumors about the Throat, which 
are obferv'd by Travellers to be exceeding common, a- 
mong thofe that inhabit the lower Traits of Ground that 
lie between the Rhatian, Helvetian, and fbme other 
neighbouring Mountains which monftrous Swellings 
are generally imputed to the Snow Waters that flow 
from the Mountains, and make the ufual Drink of the 
meaner fort of People ; whence 'tis obferv'd, that Per- 
fons of better condition, who drink Wine more than 
Water, are either not at all, or far left troubled with 
thefe disfiguring Goitres, (as they call them.) But much 
more notable inSances to our prefent purpofe are afford- 
ed me by that Great, (and yet living) Traveller Mon» 
r!^r l ^rt^ e ^'^ ve ^ er (B aron °f Auhotiney who fpeaking of a 
U. Hoi u * r Nat ion of Cafes or Negroes, that comes fbmetimes to 
£h fJ' 2 ^ pai ' tr *de with the Tortuguez from a remote part of Africk % 
informs us, That the Water of their Country is very lad^ 
which is (fays he) the reafon that their Thighs do fweS, 
and it is a wonder ta fee any one of them free. TSTay , which 
is far more, where he fpeaks of the African Kingdom 
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