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vourlng the Juyceof the Earth 5 or by the dripping of ftadowy 
Trees. 
Secondly, he delivers, what farther ^advancement we roay expcft 
from Stercoration or manuring the ground with Compofis, and difco- 
vers CO us the qualides latent in their feveral ferments , and how to 
apply them by a skilful and phiiofophical hand , without which 
they do alwaies more hur t,than good. Here,be firjl enumerates their 
feveral kindsjt'/^. from Animals, Vtgetables^and of things promif- 
cuous, and whatever is apt to rot and confume in any competent 
tune, and is either fair, unftuousor fatty ; To which he adds im- 
pregnating Rains and Dews^ Cold and Dry Winters with /lore of 
5*^^??^, which he reckons equal to the richeft manures, impregnated 
as they are with Celeftial Nitre. Secondly^ he notes, what it is we 
chiefly feek ror,andexpea from Comports : Here he obferves,that 
amongft thcfe n^aterials we may deteft the caufes of fertility more 
eminently than in other fubftances, partly from their fixed Salts^ or 
fome virtue contained in them, or rather drawn from without, and 
imparted to the exhaufkd and defeflive Earth ; and (hat by fuch 
aprocefs, as, by con verting them into a CAjy/^, as 'twere, icfacili- 
tares their being infumed,afiimi]ated, and made apt to pafsinto 
nourifliment promoting Vegetation. Ihirdly , How to treat Com- 
pofts,fo as to render them fit for our fervice: Which he takes to be 
a difficulty worthy the heads as well as the hands of the profound- 
eft Philofopher 3 fince it requires a more than fuperficial know- 
ledge and penetration into caufes* How skilfully he hath aTo ac- 
quitted himfelf of this part, theCurious Reader will beft under- 
ftand by perufing and confideringtheDifcourfeit felfjfrom which 
we are unwilling any longer to divert him by an imperfcfl account. 
II. A Definition of the IJlands and Inhabitants of Feroe , {^c. 
vpYttten in Danilh by Lucas Jacobfon Debes M.A. andProvoJl of 
the Churches there: Engli/hedby]S. Docf, of Phyf in 1 2^ 
THe Iflands defcribed iji this Book, are 1 7 in number, fubjeft 
to the King of Denmark ^ ly 'ug under 62 deg. lom, of 
North-latitude : Concerning which the Defcriber gives an account 
of the Fertility of theirLands and Waters, and of their Inhabi- 
tantSj befides their Government, Churches, SchoolSi&c. 
Among the Obfervables of thefe Iflands are thefe following; 
I. A dangerous Whirl-pool, nearoneof them, cd\kd^Unk; 
which is moft mifchievous to Ships in ftill weather , but avoidable 
with a frefb gale of wind. 
2. Abun- 
