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I {hall conclude with an obfervation of a ftrange Quality 
of a piece of Land : There is in the midft of the Ifland a Plain, 
called Magotti Savanna , in which whenfoever it rains (and the 
rain pafles along the Ifland, before it falls there ) the rain, as 
it fettles upon the feams of any garment, turns in half an hour 
to Magots j yet is that plain healthful to dwell in j and an hun- 
dred, that have feen the thing, affured roe of it. 
Infinite might the obfervations be, if I had alwaies enjoyed 
ray health, for the fpeculative Philofophers j almoft every 
thing there being new, and Nature being luxuriant in her Pro- 
ductions in thofe parts : But I (hall not trouble you with im- 
perfect memorials, 
So far this curious Ob ferver i whofe laudable Example may 
both quicken and direft other Travellers in the Particulars, to 
be taken notice of in their Voyages. 
ExtraU of a Letter , written by Mr . Sam, Coleprefs to the Publi~ 
Jher 5 containing an Account of fbme Magnetic al Experiments 5 
m alfo of an excellent Liquor made of Cyder -apples and Mul- 
berries. 
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Prefuming, what e’re tends to the farther difcovery of the 
Magnetic time , will not be unwelcome to you, encouraged 
by a hint, given in pag.^i^. of your Phil. TranfaU. I fliall not 
fcruple to relate to you two or three Experiments of mine 
own, performed in the prefence of Sir William Strode . 
1. 1 took a Loadftone unpolifll’d, which attracted but mean- 
ly* and I heated a Lath-nail glowing hot, nimbly applying the 
North-pole of the faid Magnet to it, which quickly took it 
up, and held it fufpended a great while, till I put down both 
the Magnet and Nail. 
2 . 1 took the fame ftone, and caft it into the Fire, letting it 
remain there, till it was thorow hot, altering its colour from 
black to red, and being redshot, I applied the North pole to 
another Lath-nail cold,and untoucht before, which it took up, 
but faintly, yet held it fufpended for feme time. 
3. Two or three daies after, I took the fame Loadftone, arid 
found, that it attracted then as ftrpngly, as before it was caft 
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