petre isurro'neous y ..let .others retrait w-he'nihey thim'k,convenient,
for my part I fairly own my Error, and from; te*
pea ted Obfcrvations can pofitively affirm, there ishôXmarîne
Salt but what contains more or lefs (sfPlndian MWe, but!
the proportion is lb linall, and the method'of preparing it
fo tédibus, itw ô ü ’d not be i of. any farther' ufe than to fa-
tisfy the; curiousHnquirer ; but the Advantages-that may
accrue from the? before recited Spring,^may for ought I
know be one of the great eft Treafüre-sj' âsîwellas^Secrets iii
The next dMineral-Waters I ffiall confiner,-arerthofè
fpringing out o f Bdfi, and Su lphureou bonify ; of thôfe the
molt Noted is One near a 'Plac'e -call’d'; Inglewhite,‘ this
ijningshufOfa BMek Bafs} which by-Calfcirtation Ifbund
to contain Sulphur; Jhe Wutet has1'a /very fulphureous
SmeÙyvas ftrong asthat neâîÏHarrigate irtTork/hire| but
Contains little or no Salt, which is thereafon itls'not'Pur-
gative like that, but by adding thç like proportion o f common
Salt to it, v iz : abouti(a'Dtam'MftC"‘a Pint of Water,
that Incónvenietfcd is te'medÿ’dj and then-y ou have either
fulphureous Baths, or purging Waters'] for my part I ffioii’d
rather choofe to add the bittei‘:puff ing Salt, as being moft
agreeable^ '
Having now examin’d all the various fpringing
out o f Bwfi; we proceed in thhiï^Ét
o f faline fulphureous Waters ariling out tâ-efaerMinerals*
AndI ffiall begin firft with the fülphifolffîâtw near Wigan>
call’d by the Inhabitants o f that place, the Burning-WeM;
this is a very diverting Phænomenon, and for its Rarity &
vilited by moft Perfons whofe Guriofity leads them to Natural
Enquiries. It is about 'two Miles inker Wigan, in a
Village call’d Aucliffy in the Ground o f William Mollineux
o f that Place Efq;'; The Well is at the Bottom o f a Tree,
the Wafer Cold, and without any Smell;- when any Perfon
comes td fee it, a Man clears- the Well from' all its Water,
that donr-you will immediately hear a hiffing Noife in a
Cor-
Corngh o f it, and‘r by holding adighted Candle: near to -it;
the and after*
W^d^fpfeads 'iff-filf hpdn yyhat’Waibh-hak Mtied-in,- and
(Mylthenpindeed,itough%ofe ball’dthe BWneiigWeM:
Tisiobietfabl^J-thli^tffiis; 'ffilphuifeobs kZ^lfi^lcoaitinuall^
Warlei? 6ynd?ftues GoMsifcar win
it tinges S-jl’ven wherefore I . uMjafittb this {i£§aMmss\is pufely fuIphhfetms^^Cb|iftftin^C®hlS^^8^^i^tlnfla^riiableoBfflfl
ticlesj without a#y ■ ffibkiff e* any butdfiX
conliderable, ahd-?tiS' reafonable tb ih'ppb-ft this kind ofiEul-
phuiiiofiritpfegnktl the rajlglgpm from
thefe and t h e a t and thofe at H4rrigalesiwpQtkjkimg
whibli yet ail
Goldr^&is^!-^ thatiit -is* only by accident that fulphur Waters
become ■^.l^h-li^iOtis^©f^-r
tMesptlwhen.ifl'the^piracl^1 Oi’itl^E^th the^hdvei hot
^ free open pallag^, stheyfbMtJattd daih one up&Hiahbthe¥j
and |by that j Golliiion1 'grow Itbtp dS Witia^ dMerVdin thf
likeWiffi'iih ^new Hay,'; and in>WK|||^ takfk|-ypii#^i^i®»!i
tion! onlyh jj| FOr* lo'ifenaginfe’f h^Hea t%f SSg B&fife
fromvFernientatio'n in the^WaWs, dV'fr'bhi -flfbtferfanetffid
Fires/1 is'no wife confiftent with -Experience^ wbibh after
; all our Hypothecs; inuft bd’•irid ^rudTTbuchftbhh^oftbur
• Reafop';;; |
-1Tftef ’foregoing Inftaneek may eonyih£]e( th eWorld, that
fulphureous Parrikdlbgrbw hot' without Ignitabm;1 and that
there&d fulphureous
ly denionftrated': • But for adkrth'er’Illhftratibn8f this HyT
pothefe1 take this followihg'Expe'riinentj^llet fomeBrim-
ftone be fet on Fife in a Glkfs Body, -immediately upoiriafe
taking Flame flop the Mouth of theHGlafsJ and7 the Flarhe
expires, yet by*t-he fulphureous FuMes iiafluhg lipbirrkal:h}
others the .ffidek'bf (the Giafsl^k' a ckftain
thi^niifft heeds be,'that. yhere fulphuVeous Pafticlek^af^
deny’d?a paflage, or where' they fofed' their way through
M un