fg g|g§ ÀtL $ ï .© R X \
WhtPr fi^s uponJkfpp, ppon which it
gpgÿiiBJ#lly §41$, pr-fïfcfl^ Qj?!^ indi.mmifeiog its Safer--
'fipies, or #^r^tftEnj:Bg tfeofe p f %, prodigious Rjigaefiî upon
Ffeods, orother Eruptions, it will he ap difficult îo cotir
geiye, kow a Stase iboiîid be fe exactly ppifed in $É Aque..
4.11# f& iong afpaeeof time as tfifi muft needs hawe been,
% aj ta a^âftao a Fiu^ ap4 Reflux of tfie WAte^ft» cas is ofe
lè^sfetein tbel? Fountains. Whe.refo.re J fliaJi venture to
ferga a diJ|erqngJ3ypothefis, and that it fniay betpi^fppn’d
-wit fi fil; tfie j^rfjpicuity Co dqfk a natter will admit* in the
ikft piaea I wfil ,4^çribf tfie Spring, and'its fitwatipo, pg M?
A#|y^st I remember. Tfie mofi sotg^ SEnog o f tbis Nar
ture jp f t $ i . in ¥wkjhi$?> a i.à ^ o y^ i^ ti^ p ’d^'YFbe
m m lies at tfep $9$$am of a - Mountain o f nsçoftfidembte
Height, and is ylmolt çafltigpqps to a gÿçat Ro&fl betwixt
Settle, and Wefifâwljmd,.. ffie piameteriof
the Spring, as ï ihink* y.bpqt#iYapd, and J^rpendieu-
faf npar tfiedàme fhjWflfiph : Tfie F.lW rt^çè: Rcffex is not
always certain hpipg .fometime? only qppç,/again twien*
fomptin^çf thrice gmfîqur; apd I think tfie W&tef upon the
Flux may fubfide about three quartets pf a Fard, and then
you always hew? an hollow
tain, as it abpye recitedt^rpuj,tfiffeFhamomana it
j B t t T f i t o 'Iff towtye#ni'% that within the Mountain
is, a (^nfidotahle Cavity implored with Ait% from which
the Aqnedw#? that form the Spring run ; and that thofe
an4 their Fxits are hot final}* and it is very probable from
this Cavity they do not run in. dire#* but fpiral Lines
like thofe. in a Worm pfed in Difiillation :. Now when the
Wafot that afeonds out pf the Earth, which oompofes
thefe Springs, reaches this Cavity* they muft necdfarily,
at it fills gradually* prçfs the Air into the fpiral Aqucduâfca,
and force it forward to the end; of the Aquedu# ; it is there
then obfiru#ed by the Water in the Well, only a little Air
and Water jotting; vent r&ifès gradually the Spring; the
ftill continue?'' to fid higher and higher with Water,
till
L Â M C À S H l& ^ f HÆSiïlÈË-, &c. it
tillsai length by itsfiravity tfie AirlsJsrced through, and
thenit'te:th®;Fluk happens* and the hollow gulfing Nmfg
islaeard, locctfion’d undoubtedly by the etterM Air tójf*
iiig itv&nd ilfugfiiig with the Wnte? to fuppiy^the Cavity
ofi*th^Mob»tai% :#hîôh&-*6 '«sw difcfatrg’d of that Water,
but fiiiiinijileted with Air ; lit isnow thss Elm- ceal^î and
agà jfe^M gfës 1 Öclbrp, andg| it reciprocally fuccWds,
Such!Spiral Aqueducts 1 have! frequently èbïôrv’d in the
Mséniaias:-; fit .W kfip$ite£ pàrtitf&M;ÿ! hear
wàierë thàt ofh§;r Spring ebbs •töd'fi^;|£jbé^ëédt','féei»Sïra*
tipakl the fame may be hmalfo : ^liôWàr8f;' îi€^''||?^ot.«ay
thing, dogmafkaliy a&fted ,f3nör" aäi I fô‘ bigétted ?tö
this Hypothecs* but can eafilyiquit it wfién any m o r e »
fönable is ofisr’d, and more, exaâly qüadratös%ith the Phfe-
noiliena ' of thef© Springs. Now äSr'tlfaferrAfuädüm-are
moiC'ér-lcû ;Spirdl,/or o f difterefiit -Dlmëhfîôns frèm thë
SiÄ'WkMn the Mountain intpièted # ith Air ; ÖVäS the
SpMkgÄat fills theDuét With Water 'ié büt eafV,*©! rapid,
lb its probable the Flux and Reflux becoincè lib Uncertain,
fer! id-:feme"itfldks not odeeinfb^MHouii;?â^in that
éölM Tidefii/elly the Watek -db
verted by other Aquedufts; and reaches not the Cavity ©r
Sînùs within the Mountain| this may hMpf eli by féveml
iocld^its, as «the felling in Af Earth, w PétfifS,-%hlâf för
a ■ divert the common coùiCe-'Âf thé Spring, till
bÿà continual curreàcydrfei-ëês its-pa-fiagë ê t
Several Sjiï'ifigs we havo whichäW^fily âtcèftâinSêâlbnsi
as feme near the fanout in ^ r ^ - thefe-arooeckfiofi’d by
R&tyrm an. haiy Atm<4)hefie, At -thk Abbôÿ wtbflîë
moll ftatoly Ruins? I have afiynwhèré öbfërv-dr^^ itófi
beautiful Pillars, fpaciOUàWVindôWsy nobld Arëhés/hnd
fubterraneous Vfinaltei m è flaêë fs. a'cdfifideraMo
Salmon Fifeing,- and a large Park, in which àrè variety of
®eer> as Red^ Fallow and White, and is by fhuch themofi:
curious Seat mthefe Parts: It-Was formerly poffeft bySit
T&omas Trefldg, who quitté it ; and as I fià^é been ife
H x form’d,