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fuppofe, why the add will not fall, as it do's at Henly and fome 
other places, is becaufe thefe waters, befide their fait, in all pro- 
bability alfo hold a crude Sulphur^ whofe vifcous particles do fo 
tenacioufly embrace it, that it will not admit of any feparation ; 
which may alfo perhaps be a hint to the caufe why their Beer will 
ftink within fourteen days whenever they attempt to brew with 
this vpater^ for where a Sulphur is any thing great in quantity, 
and its body opened and exalted by the heat in brewing, and the 
aftive fpirituous particles of Mault, (as I guefs the cafe may have 
itfclf here) the frame of that mixtion md.y probably be loofed, 
wherein the ^/Vmfirft taking their flight, the Sulphur will next 
begin to evaporate^ whofe fleams being fmartly aculeated by the 
falt^ that then bears the chief fway in the fubjed, caufe the ftink 
of the Beer that is brewed with fuch water. 
35. Other waters there are that are palatably falt^ and fuffi- 
ciently ftinking without being brewed, and fuch is that before- 
mentioned near Churchill-m\\\ : but I think within the bounds of 
the Parifh of Kingham ; The water as it flands looks of a greeniOi 
colour, as mofV of the palatably fait waters do, and to it refort all 
the Pigeons in the Country ; which fhould they not do, I (liould 
much wonder, lince befides its faltnefs it has fuch a flink, that it 
equals the faltftone^ and roafieddog too : fo that fliould the/'ro- 
/r/e^or but build a Dovc-houfe here, he might honefWy rob all his 
neighbors of their flights ; but that he may not put it to fo invi- 
dious a ufe, I fhall divert him anon by a more profitable way. 
36. As to the fait that impregnates this watery I do not take; 
it to be a Ample one, but fome Mineral concrete both of fatt and 
fulphur ; for without thefe two be in their exaltation-^ and become 
fo far fluid as to endeavor a divorce from each other, it could ne- 
ver acquire fo noifom a fmell. Which concrete fhould I call a 
fait Marine^ peradventure I might not be much miftaken ; for if" 
you take but a fmall quantity of thrice calcined Bay falt^ and 
diffolve it in a pint of Well-water, upon diffolution yon will 
have much fuch an odour, as has been obferved by a late Author 
in a fhort account of the Sulphur Well at Knarshorough 
3 7. Nor hinders it at all that the Sea is fo remote, fince whe* 
ther fl^rings have any communication with it or no, fuch marine 
falts may be had very well ; for if the Sea grow fait by the Earth 
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