the mcancft Ordc'rc But is. now-polleft Byi tihe; noble -imd
virtuous’liady 'M^MmKatharine' TrejUny Daughfei/cand
H e i r ^ T ^ t h i s * Di-
f^effion m fbfesgn: tib £ Natural Wtfforjb IIyet; !>hopei ih e
Reader /will pardon it, fince I could not well 'pals by*'Id
confiderable a Building, §\
Sff$ome ffaters, we} Eaye whiehicdft up'M^nfcShpBslo as
LathamrS$ctw did formerly; butthatvbeingi troublesome
to the f)r inkers has.?been prevented bylayihg. Mill-ftones
upon the Sprmgjrdd that the Sand arid SheHsicanriot boyl
up fo higby a^fornjerly-;: .This - istfoiie of,, theih^ftdo^te( of
Vitriol ip ?Chaly bcatesj j and is remote from the Sea, of any
%11 R iv e ^ -whence ^therefore |th efe Shell^conae ilS
V^Atth our eng[u|rj|j 7and acfelir decifeorii o f'th a t; ma;yf farther.;
id,ultra te^ fthqlejother Marine Shells i fouridiri M&ll&A
asl^he Efhpnh
of, which I have; great-l^uirihers-by arid took r them
my .felf out o f fir*n Marie at cthrerilEathoiri; deep,; feme
feeirig-entire^-others-hrokeri^jbut? all fofbf lanidAiahl^ Y?®
g#ew hard as floraf being; expos did the: Air;4 The Qpcfifefi
of this Phenomenon in a great meafure depending! .upon
the Origin o f Fountains, I think it apardoriabfedigrefeon,
if jl; a, litfle_ expatiate on that:fubje6t Before we:; defogjJdstO.
the particular/Cafe/1$
Springsbyths, FrenchjjP/f/^g^'j arefuppos’d to flow-from
the;Dews, Rains and-Miftsdriflifbed iri the Earth, and afterwards
form’d into-various Gurrents* :®hioh aretbufeiw©
commonlycall Springs: Now this being a’Notion incon-
fiftent FilhvReafon . I cannot; adhere t o i tp for-were-this
Hypothehp/^true., i^; would hence follow in the various
Seafons of the Year* ;as Summer -and Winter, they iwould
"Vary yery much in their GurreptSitfs to quantity, which in
\ Secondly, Several Springs
are -fou nd;m -Mines, in ? the Bowels * of; the Earth, deeper
than the Devys and Rains arefuppos’d to defeend. Thirdly;
Some
Soih^GountfieS'kbourid withSpring'^Where Dews and Rainfe
are» never-*knoWri'hb fall^frbm all tliefe it i&evident coht
tinual :§sprihgsicf ft fievhrilbeCMriagiii’d>'t<$ be Caufod.By ■ Ra'ihSs
arid^©i|^|^i^|8rn®^ therMbre- that theyn tether procebd
froffit Ch'NQi5eh$jidm a ;®htfeihhe^|i|^hiff*' TfedSttef ’f i f
tfceffj th^l^WritjdfDr l^elfd^fayd aifaerfc£ to,"arid ©ouldripch
a thing beuikddfout, Kis/Hypothefig would' be- undeniaMe’b
blit’fu'eh/a uhingQfS afl-Abyfeg¥bing fibijpheig ctdbe difcoi
•ver’d an Nature/ ’ and !thafcWhat Notions, .we dlaverbfnc.afe
only from that .dMae^J^loJ^|ili^0&
then in^fre^iid^fluiorbhight- take th e ' Abyfs \y?e ‘plotted
ndt to determine, -whether the Ocean/iri g©udral/'df a fub-
itkftedoti^^t'olletffori/Of Waters! eifealit© .it, «tiid. keeping a
Oonlmunikatfon. With i t , das Dr/,"W’o'o’d'w-and'fupjlofos^\
Whirefore-i wd'hithe'r- ahortwhat'-'th&igreM fopc
pofesriedncerili-rigiSpririg&j. thatthc^ihaiye their Rifetfrohl
theSea P df this" Q<efar had aiclraif?Demonftration whfchhc
InvaHedi this/ Iftand, 'andrEncamp’d upon tHd SeU-GlalfsI
where.'by. digging- in the Sands -hetwas1 inffcantly fupply’d
with* a fuffic'fontfqua’ntityfbf'ffefliiWater* which bylffeing
through theuSand became fvyeet) the falihe Partidies?ftfcki
obforv’d
when, that great-Genefal Yfx\dlSehOMdeff, Erieamp’dupon
a;Plaiirimairdtbe s^MeJ^fQzr^Hile'TRdk^,: Thisrgranted then
thatSpringsxhave their .Rife. fronirt^si Qpekn,'J.it^s edfy’to
imagiri hdwithey mayj bring.upMkpne Shells,v,and .unlefs
th i| ibe;allow d, I think the'Phasndmenonfdannot' oiljuriwffife
Yairlyvilluftrated j hutBoyr this/becbmes^-Mihekl Wfr
ter. from'the .Mineral Bafs from which i t fprings.>,H
gainft this Hypothecs there remaip^efsope’ material Ob -
have\ tjh.eir.Rife from ithfe Sea^
how, comes it it© pafs that there are SpringilUpon the lfbps
©€iMountaiins>uwhich, are'higherihaivthdjiSea/ linde'it.is
evident .from HydrofoatickiExperiment^] Wafer pvill mot
naturally rife abo'veits lev^>.. To tliisb ivanfw'eir,in the:firll
pllCC it i s ! no » wife demonftrable’ ths^jthere is'any Mouh-
I tain