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proper Atmofphere; andfince our Honourable Philofophcr, Mr, 
JS^/^,hath fliewed us , that Fire and Flme ( as perhaps the Solar 
beams) may be incorporated to increafe the weight, and (as I take 
it) the bulk alfo of LcAd^ and other Mettals and Minera!s,&c. See 
Hr.Bcyles Experiments at the end of his Effluviums^ and Hifi.R.S. 
/r.228 5 and fince Gold it felf is by mixture volatilized in your 
JM.8f-\ andfince our OldThilofophers do allow the San to give a 
potent affiftance in the generation of all things that are generated. 
But may not Mines be difcovered by examining the juyces of Ve- 
getables growing the place, and by the Waters which iflue 
thence^as elfewhere I have propofed ? 
7. But to return to our yulgarities ^ which may chance to have 
the richeft ufefuinefs or pertinence to our Inquiries. In the fliarpeft 
ir^/jthat f have known thefe many years, the ground having been 
alfo feme daies covered with Snow, I faw a fmal I ftream fno bigger 
than might run from the mouth of an ordinary quart Bottle, as now 
we have them of green Glafs,) Aiding merrily, and fmoakingall the 
w^ay over the Unvm : 1 could not difcern, that any Snow had fallen 
wiihin five or fix foot on each fide ; if it did,none remained there, 
and fo far the Grafs at that time, about Chriftmas^ was as green as 
any Leek, and the Frofl: (fo far) apparently difTolved : Of this I 
then wrote to cur Worthy friend MnEvclyn, not for any wonder ^(^ for 
ferhaps there are or may he thousands of fuch fmoaking Streams in 
Evighnd ^^hut only reprefentingyHorv fucha Stream may warm a man- 
Jion, and cherijh tender evergreens well fheltered from winds ^ ahd 
flowry Gardens^ all the hard Winter ^ and do us better fervice in an ex" 
tream hot Summer. I have been perplext in obferving my felf, an 
hundred times, the difference of Heat and Cold between two Vil- 
lages, within a mile of each other, where we could dilcern no diP 
parity of Hills or Rivers^i only the Springs in the one were all 
fliallower, in the other Tome were deeper. In a large Traft of 
Land the furface was of fo hot a ferment,tbat at every ftep I trod 
up to the ankles. I caufed it to be examined by the Spade , and 
found it, as far as I tried here and there^ at a foot depth , as thick 
fet with Pibble-ftonesas if a Caufey had been pitcht there ^ yet 
was ita quick and pregnant Land, for Flowers, Fruit-trees, and 
Vines, thefe Pi bbles being diflodged , and fome of them carried 
away. I have feen^ields where the furface did feem cover*d with 
Pibbles, not Flinty, nor Lime-ftone, yet they bore full burthens of 
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