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ill, on which are built thofe minute 4 nd 
alnioft fuperftitious Divifions of Veins^j 
iifed by Mine-iheri ; and conlequently 
that the Divination for ftore of Mettals 
to be found, taken front the Roots and 
Branches of Minerals, is as dubious, a$ 
is ridiculous the opinion df fome of 
Chlm touching the Head Sind Tajl ai the 
Dragon^ which tney make ufe of for the 
finding out in Hills an aufpiciouis and 
lucky fcituation of fepulchersv 
i. That moft Mines, which Men la¬ 
bour after^ have not been extant from the 
beginning. 
That in the examination of StoneS 
many things may be difcover’d,whieh are 
in Vain attempted in the examination of 
Minerals» fince it is more than probable^ 
that all thofe Minerals, which nil up the 
Cracked or wider fpaces of Stones, had^ 
for their matter ,Vapors driven out of the 
Stones themfelves, v^hethet that have 
been done before the 5 eds changed their 
fcituation (which happened, I believe, in 
the Mountains of Peru *,) or after they 
had done fo: And eonfequently' that in 
the place of the exhaufted Metal there 
may grow a new one *, which is rather 
E % believed 
