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2. That he conceives Amber to be a kind of F ojfil P itc hy 
whole Veins lie at the bottom of the Sea ; believing that it is 
hardned in tract of time. , and by the motion of the Sea caft on 
lhoie;He addsjhat hitherto it hath been believed,not to be found 
but in Bornfsiay but he affures 5 that it is alfo found in Sweden, 
on the Ihoresof the file Biorlgoo 0 in the Lake Meier 0 2 whofe 
water is facet. Of this , he faith } he hath a fine piece by him, 
7 two inches large and thick , prefented him by one, that himfelf 
with his own hands had gathered it and feveral other pieces, on 
the (hore of the faid Illand 5 affirming withall from the mouth 
of a Shepherd of that place , that it is thrown out by a ftrong 
Wind, bearing Upon the Ihore. 
\ 3. That it is-tnoft certain , that Swallows fink themlelves 
towards Autumne into Lakes , no otherwife than Frogs $ and 
that many have allured him of it , who had feen them drawn 
/ put with a Net together with Fifties , and put to the fire, and 
j thereby revived. 
4. That tis alfo very true , that many Animals there grow 
j white in Winter,and recover their own Colour in Summer. That 
himfelfhath feen and had Hares , which about the beginning of 
Winter and Spring were half white, and half of their native co> 
lour : that in the midft of winter he never law any but all white. 
That Foxes alfo are white in Winter 5 and squirrels grayifh, 
mixt of dark and white colour. 
5. That Tis known there generally, that Fifes are killed , by 
realbn of the Ice not being broken : but firfi , in ponds only or 
narrow Lakes 5 next> in fuch Lakes only, where the Ice is pretty 
I thick; for, where ’tis thin, they dye not fo eafily. Laftly, that 
7 thofe Filhes that lie in ilimy or clayie ground , dye not fo foon 
as others. But, he adds> that even in great Lakes, when ’tis a ve- 
\ ry bitter Froft, Ice is wont to be broken, either by the force of 
; the Waves , or of the Imprifoned Vapors , raifed by the agita- 
tion of t he Water , and then burfting out with an impetuofity ; 
\ witnefs the noife made by the rupture of the Ice through the 
\ whole length of luch Lakes,which he affirms to be not lels terrible 
\ than if many guns went off together. Whereby it falls out, that 
i Filhes are feldom found dead in great Lakes. 
^ ' 5, That neither Oyle, nor a Itrong Brine of Bay-Salt, is truly 
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