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cd fo fully as expeded, in what 1 an) deficient (i( I may know J I (hall 
be ready to give an AnCwer ^ in the mean time I hope my Endeavours 
will be accepted^ and I Pardoned. 
^er, I. What kind of Country it is where the Springs are, and 
what places grow about thcm?^ 
Anfrio, The Country, is neither plain,neither hath it any great Hills, 
but many fmall rifings^the greateft Hills near us being the Lichie within 
fix miles^which feme call Lf>oi^^/g^,fuppofing it to be the highcft ground 
in thcie parts, becaufe the Springs that rife there^run into the North and 
South Seas h near to which are Clent Hills about the fame diftance. On 
the other fide the River Severn are Aherly Hills at about feven miles d"i- 
liance from us. There are many Salt Springs about the Town, which 
is feated by a Brook-fide called Saltvarp-Eioo^y which arife both in the 
Brook and in the ground near it, though there are but three Pits that 
are made ufe of. 
For the Plants growing about the Springs I find no other varieties 
then in other places^ but where the Springs are falteft there grows no- 
thing at all, but by the brackilh Ditches there grows JJier Attim with 
a pale Flower, which I find no where elfe with us. 
^er, 2. What is the depth of the Salt Springs > 
^^^yTThe depth of them is various ^fome rife on the top of the ground 
which are not fo fait as others : thofe that are in the Pits we make ufe of 
are^varicus alfo.The great Pit which is c^lUdVpmch Pit is 30 footjdcep 
in which are three diltind Springs rifing in the bottom, one comes into 
♦he PitNorth-Weft^anotherl^orth-Eaft, the third South-Eaft, which 
is the richefi both in quantity and quality.they all differ in faltnefs,which 
I can give no exad account of, it being impcffible to feparate them but 
there will be fome mixture i The Pit is about 10. foot fquare, the fides 
are made with fquare Elms joynted in at the full lengthjWhich I fuppofe 
is occafioned by the faltnefs of the ground which appears to me to have 
been a Bog^the fur face of it is made of afnes. That it was originally a 
Bog I am induced to believe, for not many years fince digging to try 
the foundation of a Seal f for fo we call our houfes we make Salt inj I 
thrufiaiong Staifover head. 
^er,^ . Whether there are any hot Springs near?and whether the wa* 
ters of the Sj.lt Springs be colder then other water ? 
Anfn>. There are no hot Springs near us : for the coldnefs of the brine 
it is generally colder than other water,yet it never freczeth,but the rain 
water that lyes upon the brine fin extream hard Frofts J will fireez, but 
not much. 
^er,^. What kind of Earth it is ? andtn digging whether there are 
any Shells/^ 
Anftv.Yot Shells I never obferved nor heard of any. For the nature of 
the Soil about the Town on the lower fide it is a black rich EarthjUnder 
which 
