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depth, but as it fpread itfelf on a broad Stone, as the 
Sea does on a Beach or Shoar ; tho' I am apt to think, 
its Perpendicular height would Jbe as much or more in 
that time, were its out-let damm'd up to try an Expe- 
riment, for as it rifes it runs out with a fmail dream , 
which is greater or lefs, according as the Water in the 
Well rife and falls, which foon after joyning fome other 
little Rills thereabouts, that come out of theTe Hills, they 
empty themfelves into the Sea at Brtxam. 
Queft. 2. Whether it has any Communication with the 
Sea, or any Hills alove it £ 
Anfw. That it has any Communication with the Sea, 
is not manifeft, nor is the Water brackiih at all. The 
whole Country adjacent is very Hilly all along the 
Coaft, infomuch that from Brixam to the top of the 
Hill is about a Mile and half, the Well is about half 
way up the Hill, which hereabout is fomewhat uneven 
and interrupted, and comes out at a frnall defcent, yet 
confiderably higher than the furface of the Sea. 
Queft 3 . Whether it he a Mineral Water ? 
Anfw. I cannot apprehend 'tis impregnated with any 
manner of Mineral : I tryed it with an Oaken Leaf as 
foon as I faw it the firft time, but could not find it 
change colour. I drank of it, 'tis very foft and plea- 
fant, has no manner of roughnefs in it, and fervesfor 
all manner of ufes to the Country People in their 
Houfes. I could not make any farther Experiments for 
wane of Time and Opportunity. 
Give me leave before I finifti this, to tell you of one 
of my Adventures at Sea this Summer, 'tis Philofophi- 
cal too. 
The i zth. of Auguft laft I was Cent for on Board the 
Suffolk, to vifit fome that were fick, the Weather pro- 
ving foul, was obliged to lye there that Night : In the 
Morning about Three a Clock it began to Thunder and 
Lighten, and Rain, which continued for near an hour 
D d d 2, moderate 
