4-S Thff\ S M R A L H I ST QJÖT . Igf A
likdwife twoferto\of Lapis Eciffüky!€i^m,oïwhich will
fefrnbnt with ian- AcidpaM Suipfruf féoli ralhAuf a mix.
tWiÉè i>fe fuch .Prineipksras thefe*;; wb;at Efieéis may; tót: be
hoped: feast inv Scrophulöii^ an<L EJepsoite Perferisb tamd o-
tfcéf Diflenifefs.0f'‘ that: naturel» L?ay* I havé been affisr’d
by feme of the Inhabitants thetö, that feme Perfeps by
drinking thefe Waters have been recover’d from periodical
Efillepftes : but again* I fay* the Body ought to be rightly
prepar’d before the drinking o f them* and that Confuiip--
tivgPerfonsought not to meddle with them* at leafr very
Ipariogly; feme Perfens by drinking ofth efe have been
fregd from the Jaundice* others from Quartan Aghes* and
in the TkaJEirgims^ i f the Patient be tóÈéMaeiat§dp^óü
may reckon it .a fpecificL; by drinking o f thefe* prodigious
Worms*, as the Cueufbitus* the ^ c#ridesy \ and Bunches:<bf
Worms, have frequently been; voided, and I do not think in
that Diftemper the like to thefe.are to be had.
’ ; There are; other 'Purging-Waters which arife out o f a
Morafs in a Village call’d Witherflachj thefe Waters.com
tain a marine and a hitter purging Salt, but are ihfefor to
the former. There is another purging Water whieh fprings
out o f the Sand, near a Place call'd ztyitreiMtd, which is
the Mouth'of the River Wire/rlThis no doubt is -t%e Sea-.
Water* which filters thro’ the Sand* but by reafon o f the
feortnefs. o f the Filtration* (the .Spring lyin^dfo neaf tltó
Riyer) or the laofenefe ;o f the Sand* tlictfiaaine Water is
not perfetlly dulcify d* but retains a pleafing Brackifluiefs,
not unlike that which is ohferyable in the Milk of a Farrow
Qm, or one that has Conceiv’d ; this Water purges
a little* bnt»is much inferior to either of the other. Thefe
Waters give no Tinffcure with Galls* tho’ DnEyder violent*
fy affirms all feline Springs will do it. Thefe are the molt
noted Turgmg-Wate,re that I have feen in thefe Parts* I
ffiall therefore in the next place proceed to thofe, which
may he ranked amongft the slcidulce, but do tikewife con-
tain N a t v m and thofe are the Waters near Burnley - and
iiii >1 - Em-
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, L j dN C ^ SH IR E , CHESHIRE, See.
Emmett, Which werei fe ll difcotfrldito me fey that moft
Eoatn d. and Aoeomplifb’d) Gentlediah Bkhyrd'Eoiunley^éS.
"Eewfiky E%v-The hfebtp are
in fevhM pfeep&inoErwcAX % a fell Acchuhtiof which* I
.Mfr.Af Readprto that ingenious Author, nr
from th^Experimtótsrtmadg b ^ ^ R o y ^ o ^ j , ^ ^
‘Paris' in the iBmrbonJEkters^ and;,thfe, parallel Qfefervafci-
op^thofe feth^ePartspntettain.ustwitfe fwitfiihayimamJa
probable Gonje&ure hf sthfeir Principle^* jandif think mat
fafely affirm tha t in the Gdfes whëre thofe are pnoper, thefe
as^moft natuMf SuCcedaneum maybbe haadeiufe(of and
will* J queftion not*.anfwerl what Intentiohsmay :be: exped-
ed from the former. Thefe
Tmfture* and the m white
perpendicular Lines i butti iyou mbit fmw yhe^E^ipëtif
ments were1 made in the Waters reihotefromtHe JFounttóhs.4
I evaporated fevéfalQgartsó f thdWater* iiiLtowards the- 0 1
latterend found}ifc tofeató fclittte. o f n iikivMTaffl:*;;aft®r ?
theferfacewas;.coyer’d:withathin:greyilhFi}m;thisFilm
confined of faline, alcalious andviterfenè-Kamides* /and
trouldimake a! btiskFfeitóeritatioh! wkhmhynAbjd* after*
wardsthe Salts, rife in perpendicular Lines’ upon thé B f )
or /thpjRctorti ] s The; like Pifeenomehoh 1 obfdf-y’d in eVa*
poratiAgrthe Water th a tC a fo e fr o ifr ^ tóV in -^ ^ j
the likdinay Kmebferifd iöE^pöratïtm'öfrplhet^alïstiiöua
Salto riAfrer thb Watetivasiwhollyevapöiatêd there fruck
to thefrdesofettt^Retorfiu *kf.M U
vial, taft* andiftcMd tpy FiItem
tion.vheiiEarth# éafiiyf feparated frdmfbw^altpknd théli
youhave a Hatml alcaliotó' iSalt the tyue: Mëtrm óf the
Anci-enfe* as itóhifeft fitó i th c tó s^ im e ö S öf
Nitre, brought from N itria to the Mafteum utOtèfbid by
the Learned Dr.H and likéWife by thé Defcription 'of Na-
tron recited by TtiofcorideiJ* tho’ oiif Countryman Dr.
boldly affirms there is no fiich Saltan any'Wa'tefs'in
England: but this'is not the firft pieC^of Bqfdnefs he is ' ' ':? plea:sy(f