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15. On the Sand near theSea-(ide is found in foffie places a kind 
of pellucid StoDes,fo bard that with them you vmy write on Giafs ; 
They are white 5 or of a blewifh white 5 others yellow ; Some of 
them may be fo well poliflic , chat they fetve for Rings ; Of thefe 
Stones it is thoughc , that they grow on the GlifFs, and ar.e waffied 
off by the Sea- waves. 
16. No Gram will come to maturity there but Bar ley. "they 
abound in PaHuresj and in feveral places Grafs is fo plentiful and 
juicy, that Oxen feed thereon both win' er and fymmer, growing 
fomecimes fo fit, that one Ox, not big of growth , yields an hun- 
dred poundsof Tallow : Which rich paftures our Author obferves 
ever to lye to the North-Eaft and Norths as henotesalfo^ that in 
helmdiht North- part is more fertile in Grafs and Cattle^ than the 
South; and that Green4and likewife is found to be much more 
given to Grafs on the North-Eaft fide, than on the Weft fide. 
Whether this be to beafcribed to the Snow, which comes from the 
North and North-Eaft, and is ftored with Nitre, (the reputed caufe 
of fertility ;) is coofideredby our Author. 
17. They dung their ground with Sea-weed^ ^ laid on heaps to 
ror, whereby they get good crops of Barley. 
1 8. Ihm Plants are Turnips y Garrets .tolmrts^ Let the y Creffes^ 
Pennyroyal^ Scurvf-grafs^ Beceabunga, Sorrel^ Angelica^ tormentil 
md Radix Rhodia^ Of thefe, in time of dearth,they eat the roots of 
Jng€licd: With tormentil ihty tann their Hides; and with the 
Radix chiefly, they cure the Scurvy. 
I j.When extraordinary Snow falls^andShepheards are not prefenc 
to drive theirSheep under 03elters,thefheep gather themfehes clofe 
together ; and the Snow fo covering them,that they cannot be feen' 
for a while^at laft theCountry-man perceives a damp arifing from the 
Snow by reafon of their warmth , and fo goes and makes a paffage 
for them to get ou't. Sometimes when they cannot be found by rea- 
fon of excelTive Snow, our Author fairh,that now and then they re- 
main a whole month lender the Snow, eating thegrafs by the roots, 
and the wool of one another. Their Sheep for the moft part are 
white in the N'orth-part,but black in the Southjand being brought 
white from the North to the South, they will change colour ; yec 
foas to grow firft fported about their legs jihen on their thighs, then 
under their bellies,, and at laft all over. 
20. This Country is well ftored both with Land- and 5"^^«- 
Fowl^ whereof fome flie away towards winter , others ftay the 
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