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ther Patience or Weather will ferve. Be» 
fides, the Ufe of them with that mineral 
Spirit, conduces not a little to their healing 
Property, as that in Ichley , Willowbridge , 
Malvern Hills , &c. and moft difeafed Peo- 
ple are generally more regular in the Ufe 
of thofe Baths, than they are with thofe of 
Rivers, &c. i j . Hereby we fee the De- 
ceitfulnefs of a common Notion, that pe- 
rennial Springs are much warmer in Winter 
than in Summer, becaufe in a great Froft 
they fmoak or reek ; but from repeated 
Trials I have found them near the fame at 
all times, which fhows that neither the 
Heat of the Summer, nor Cold of the Win- 
ter, afteCt common Springs fo deep in the 
Earth. But upon much frequenter Expe- 
riments, I have found that great or long 
Froft, Snow , or Storms, increafe the Heat 
of the warm Waters, from the Earth’s Sur- 
face being lock’d up, and their Heat in a 
manner reverberated. 12. Tho’ the open 
Air in Froft is much colder than either 
River or Cold Bath, yet is not Walking, 
ftanding, or running in it a few Minutes, 
equal to the Cold Bath ; for though there 
be Contraction, yet there wants Prefture, 
and both are neceflary, and muft go toge- 
ther 
