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“ ed upon it, and was wrought at the fame 
<c time; but if in either of thefe cafes there 
“ was a difference, it had a different effeCb 
“ and the low and gentle grounds, that lay 
“ negleCted, were then feen lefs diftemper- 
<c ed than the open and moift, that were 
carefully managed and looked after. 
“ The honey dews are obferved to come 
“ about the 1 1 of June , which by the mid- 
€C die of July turn the leaves black, and 
Cc make them (link. 
I have in July (the feafon for fire-blafts, 
as the planters call them) feen the vines in 
the middle of a hop-ground all fcorched 
up, almoft from one end of a large ground 
to the other, when a hot gleam of Sun- 
fliine has come immediately after a fhower 
of rains at which time the vapours are of- 
ten feen with the naked eye, but efpecially 
with reflecting Telefcopes, to afcend fo 
plentifully, as to make a clear and diftinCfc 
objeCt become immediately very dim and 
tremulous. Nor was there any dry gravel- 
ly vein in the ground, along the courfc of 
this fcorch. It was therefore probably ow- 
ing to the much greater quantity of fcorch- 
ing vapours in the middle than outfides of 
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