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of thcfe Hills at a coiifidcrable Diftancc and 
Height from the Sea, very wet with con- 
ftantly running Springs, whereas the Southern 
Cliff which adjoins to the Sea is continually 
dry^ and that juft above the immediate Beac 
of the Waves. 
4. It is well known that when large Qiian- 
tities of Rain fallj that its Waters foak down 
to great Depths in the Earth, and do there re^ 
plenifli the Springs 5 and if Sea Water does 
the quite contrary, it muft be owing to feme 
peculiar ^Property in that Watetj which can 
caufe it to foak upwards to the tops of Moun- 
tains which are not only at a very great Dif- 
tance from the Sea, but alfo fome Miles higher 
than its Surface at high Water Mark. 
Observation III. 
1. T^R- ^efaguliers, in his Abftrad of the 
JL/ fir ft Volume of this Book, obferves, 
from the Influence the Sun is found to have 
in ratifying the Vapours at too Feet Depth 
under Ground in Experiment XX. p. 64. 
That the Heat of the Sun fliould ratify the 
Moifture of the Earth to this Degree or a 
^ great deal more? to drive it into the Rootr 
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