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dewy cob-webs lye upon the Paftures ; and to let the Sheep 
blood under the eye^as foon as they can difcern them rank of 
blood. I uiuft refer to Mr. Joh^ Smiths Erjglmds Improvement^ 
lik^.p- 1 7o,i7i^hoping tharhe vnW beftow a few iheets more 
to direft punftually the bell way of Ordering Sheep, and the 
moft efFeflual remedies againft the fetreral kinds of Rots, and 
their other difeafes , asamatterof nofmal! concernment to 
£;;g/^;^^,and in which he feemsto have much experience. 
6, To return for more Sa]r,and to know the fliifts that are 
made, and lately were made for it in Englmd. At Wire-water 
in LmcajhireSdXi is gathered out of heaps of fand along the 
Sea-fide in many places : Upon which Sand (faith Speed) the 
people powre water,until it gets a Saltlfh huuilf ,which£hey af* 
terwards boil with Turfs, till it become white,&lc. CamMe^ 
in Eritmn.foL /^.753. defcribes it thus 5 In ora hdc maritimit 
multis in locis ^ahulicumulos vid€a4.,quibus aquam [ubMe infun- 
dunt^ donee fdfuginem contraxerit^ qmmfdjtea jubditis glebU in 
cmdidum falem excoquunt. And Sfeedh\x.\^ % 1 liere are certain 
fio.ieslying inthe river Fl'Vr^at Butterbecm^r Durham^ from 
whofeiidcs at the ebb and low vv^ater in Summer iflTues a cer- 
tain Salt reddifli water, w^hich Vv^iih the Sun waxeth white, and 
grow'inginro a thick fubftance becoms a neceffary Salt for the 
by-dwellers. Cambdenf.j^^, defcribes ic thus; IndeVedrade- 
eurrit) crebro eminentibm faxu inter peUtm^qmhm fi aqm infun- 
datur^ farumque mifceatur^falfam imbuit quditdtem. Sir, you 
took notice of two or three falinefprings in this neighbour- 
hood of Somerfetjhire: Oneexamin'dby Dr. Highmore^m your 
N(mk^6,fA 130 ; another, 5 7./. 1 162. Anddoubtlefs 
there are many more fuch in England^ if well obferv^d : And 
though the proportion of Salt be Hnall^yet tliey may ferve for 
fomedomeftick ufes.The water in Summer time^when the brine 
is ftrongeft,being caft in any place where it may be foon dried 
by the Sun,-* and where we would have pigeons refort, does 
pleafethemj welK So will any refufe brine, being boli'd up to 
a confidence. But 1 know not, whether fuch brine, taken from 
powder'd flefl2,will be kind for S\iQt\).Folpbly fuch falinefprings 
may indear fojjtl Salt for future IndpJflryl And f7umb. 5 113^. 
you recite from worthy Mr. Evelyn a p^ood hint,to encourage 
fome.attempts for the multiplying of Salt^ in Sylva fecund. Edit^ 
