
^ the., A L H I S J Q R J ^
youhave yjqleat Ffofts, | in tl^.pther intenfe Heats, as the
. I p g e n i o u Mynday o t ^SbSofds. Collegein Oxford, her
yppd cpnti^di&ion has-ipade evident,;.:,
..,, XJie moft remarkable Cold Spring in thefe Parts is that
&t,Larbrick, o f which take the following Account. Upon
iinmerftng your Hand m to it ,, the Fart immediately grows
ex-treamly red, and.ypu wiB^thten peregiyjg a moft violent
Pain; Fifties of^feyer^frfprts f i haye feen put into this
Spring, which makei hut one and inffaptly empire.
It is an Acidula, or Chalybeat JVater3 ;and therefore is ae-
counted for in another place ; asIikewife tho Bfip^siQ/Oold
Paths, which .are confider’d in the following Treat ilp o f the
Sqmvy znd, Rickets.
But morefuUyjto iUuftrate the unaccountable Penetrapcyi
Agility and Rigidnefsof thofe Particles that produce Gold,
take the foUowing. Experiment: L et a Thermometer o f a
Foot long, and Herrne tica 11 yRal’d at bath ends, and about
halMfl’d with Spirit o f Wine,.be immers’d in a Cold Spring,
for Inftance in that at Larbricky andcontinue fufpended in
it about half an Hour; in that lpace o f Time the Spirit in
the Tube will fubfide a . ,full Inch, which Inftance fully de-
monftrates how penetrating thofe frigorific Particles; muft
be, that thus enter the Pore? o f the Glads,, and forge the
Spirit toiqbfide to that degree.; This Inftance likewjfe de-
monftrates their Inflexibility, th a t b;y; penetrating the
Pores of the Glafs, they fhould.fo fix their Points upon the
fuperficics o f the Vinous Spi rit, which being o f a fofter
Texture .mull: neeel%ily give way and fubfide.. tBy this
Experiment you may eafily find out the various Degrees
of Cold in Springs, and by comparing thofe with Obferva-
tionsof the like nature, made, in the two noted Baths,
bdoly well in Walest and St. Mwgus in TorkJhire3 may eafily
find of what.ufe the Springs in thefe Counties may be in the
like ,-Cafes which thefe are eminent for. I mull needs ow n
that in Leprous Diftempers, Scorbutic Rheumatifms, the
Rickets, and Scorbutic Atrophies, before the Hectic heat
is
LANCAsmm, ximsBim, &c. • TT
is grown too intenfe, I have not fee© any Medicines perform
the-Efiie&s which tM&j&faters frequently idioi :
C H A; P. flgg
Of Earths, Qlays^cBdies, sJMarles;,'.Enprovements hy Rhfffs,
SkefcF%/bes;mim 'affd-Mabbit-S^t^S^e^lers AJhm,
a n d ^ tr ^ 'd ^ em s .U ^M n '^ s -^m d ith m Vmm^irn-
, prdvements^l «$&$ ,UI yilT ’t
T Hefe Countries affofdmsf various forts o$ Earthsi § but
the moft noted aifeithe MmkvMh
Earth, and theEl^Eartk, which indeed is a mixture of
Clay and Marld , The BlackJStfrth i^eommanly rich Pa-?
fture, or Meadowkig, or good Cor^-Tand; the ^ p ^ e t
Earthy which is a tender Earth, and of a brow&ifb Colour,
is ufually good Failure, and by Improvement brings plen*
ti&l Haryefts of -Cornthe; Clny^Mdrth is-^higflyifor jCora,
and in that eit/ier/ipr continuing long, or producing a well
Hfi Corn, exceeds both the other; ^Sometimes ihefb 'Earthd
abound-,with great quantitiesnof|Himg-jftpim and other.
Stones, which mightily contribute to their plentiful pr{),
dudlions, as isjabjefvable in the Chiles; nearEttwcafiery and
other parts in thei.Nor.th; cthe Country dPeoglohhagine if
proceeds .%>m> rheivarious
Earthsy hut I leather attribute it to:their;Matrons 'stf jAl-
caliopS) ^//^/.whichi |SvT^fl»all demopftrateiihereafteiV
conduce-to the;;fruKaifying;-Of; Emks.d ^ h e fe fe /M a re
Ufually; improv’d eitherrby ;Marie* Hung, Lime, Slitlh
pilhes. Shells, Rags,; Ha^sij^rRabbijtf s^iias; Srtpehhaker s
Aftifs,. Sea-Mud, the com^wr nim: of ;the LahdSi or pu-
trify ^ The Marksl )vghere;thcje'iis^depth{of^Soii
are Ufually the be^ Jinprovoments;. m d indeed: a good
Marling is .often counted equal fO the Eurchafeiofthe Land;
the Marie affords; a Citrous: *Si*//,.ind which Ihake to
P i be