live neitlier longer or fhorter, than ordinary but live healthy, Sa- 
ving fuch, as are employed about melting of the Lead at the 
Mines 5 who, if they , work in the fmoak, are fubjedl to a Di- 
feafe, that will kill them, and the Cat tel like wife that feed 
thereabout, The Smoak, that reffs upon the ground, will bane 
them. And therefore the inhabitants have keepers to keep 
them from it, for fear of the Infection. T hat the Country is 
not furnifht with many Rivers, and Waters, that rife upon the- 
Hills : But from the bottom of the hills there are many 
Springs round about; both to th e North, South and Wefi 5 and . 
tnofe Waters are very wholefome, and produce Rivers, after 
they have run to fome diftance from thence. That the Air is 
tuoiff, cold, foggy, thick, and heavy. That it is obferved of- 
ten covered with miffs and fogs 5 and if any Rain be in the 
Country thereabout, it is furely there 5 and ’tis probable, it may 
arife from the Mineral and Subterraneous Steams. That the 
Foyle near the furface of the Earth is red and ffony*, and the 
tffones that are drawn out thence, are either of the nature of Fire- 
ftones, or Lime- ft ones, -but no way Clays, Marly or Chalky. 
~ To the io,i 1,12,13, 14,15 Queries. That the Frees, grow- 
ing thereon, have their tops burnt, and their leaves and out-fides 
difcoloured, and fcorched with the Wind, and grow to no big- 
jiefs or ffature. That the Stones and Pebles, that are walked 
with the Brooks and Springs, are of a reddifh colour, and pon- 
derous. That Snow, Froft and Dew flay upon Mendig longer , 
then upon any of the neighbouring grounds *, but whether the 
j)ew , falling upon the ground, will difcolour Lumen, / have not 
obferv’d. 
To the id, 17,18,1?, Queries., That Mendip is more than 
ordinary fubjedt to Thunder and Lightning, Storms, No&urnal 
Lights and fiery Meteors. That the Miffs arife out of the Vales 5 
but Whether they fignifie, where the Minerals are, / cannot fay. 
That the virgida dwinatoria hath not been known to have been , 
feen ufed in thefe parts. . That there are no certain fignes above 
ground, that afford any probability of a Mine., to my know- 
ledge. 
To the Qmrie in the fifth Title , I can fay little, fave onlyd 
JThat the Ore upon HMif lies in Yfines as a Wall 5 in fome 
