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any, but to give every one his due, asnearas can be ciifcerned 
by the Pnblijher. 
Anfrvers 
To feme of the Inquiries formerly pnblijtid 'concern- 
ing Mines. 
T Hat the Qu tries , (battered up and down in thefe Trails ■■ 
may not feemlofl,or left un-regarded, th z Publisher in- 
tends to impart at convenient times fuch of the Anfwers , 
iliall be fent in by obferving men, as may be thought accep- 
table to the Reader. 
He begins now with an Account, communicated to him by' 
the Learned and Inquifitive Mr, fofph Glanvil j who premifes 
in a Letter , that he procured the following Anfwers from a Per- 
ion living near the Mendip- Mines, and upon whofe relations 
we may fecurely depend : Adding, that he does not by 
thefe few fuggeftions think himfelf abfolved of his Taske, but 
iliall purfue the matter farther, as foon as he has an opportu- 
nity of going into thefe Parts , whence heexfpe&s to befar- 
ther inform’d. 
The Reader will bepleafed to look back tothefaid feveral 
Series, as they are extant imthe Number 19 5 the following 
Anfwers refpeding thither,, and being accommodated to the 
Mines of Mendip in Somerfet-Jhire. where the following Obferva- 
tions were made *, viz,. 
To the i, 2, 3 Queries. That all Mendip is Mountanous 
yet the Hills not equal in height. That it is barren and cold,^ 
and locky in fome places. That the Ridges thereof run con- 
fufedly, but mo (iEajl and Weft , and not in any Parallel oue with 
another. That upon the Surface thereof it is Heathy, Ferny 
and Furzy 3 and the Cattle, it feeds, for the molt part are Sheep, 
which go there all the year 5 and young Bealls, Horfes and 
Colts at Spring and Fall. That the Sheep are not fairs, but 
big-bellyed , and will grow tonobignefs, after they have been 
there fed 3 but will grow fat, if they are removed into better 
ioyle, and fo their Bealls and Horfes. 
To the 4>5 A 7 Juries. That the Natives and Inhabitants 
r Hhh . • ~ live 
