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.Upon' beg^your patience.,. to
.expatiate a little before 1 pioceed to the next particular.
Monf That the'reafqn of theEbullition
of unquenchableL im e with Water,; proceeds fromf#hje
fe t tingatliherty thqigneous hartieles&eh’d up ip the Lime,
Morpe^ - mnft tponfeqijerijtly.pmteefe that Shullitioffl. UsTile
ii^e 1 think May be affirm’d of this;. afinlyohene the Ebullition
caufes not any fenfible Heat, which nDtl^hhftandii%
may be; tho’ igneous Particles he contain'din iheWatM,
gs J hayg.feen in the BMrnm^WeU near ^% ^ p i#Hifihd®
a^uahy Cold. -. But that thisTEbufiitioi^qe^bGeebdjfifotaa
^lphure(na§Partk3#Si I have reafon tdio®jMkine;!becaiife
opt of thefe E'artht, thro’ the fait Water;; ifequehit flafhes
o f Flame may be obferv’d like LightningJ to dart by In tervals
; it appears a .diverting 'ffite/pkdnisiixn the hfighc-
fbafbn, at which time fpreading the laid*Earth upon my
Hand,, I have difeern’d thelike Phasnpmenon..
•h. w f . have feveral inlthbfe parfs^iwhich msepbe
^tinguiflj’d intq thefe Glades, the Whitepthe Gifey;* nthg
Black r lt is plain from Microfcopical ObfervationSj that the
White (is nothing hut a Compages of the LeavdSj Seeds,
Flowers, Stalks and Roots o f Herbs, and Fruifsor Shrubs
whichjnp efouht increafe every Year ; .thefe burn to wliite
4fh?xs,huf yield hut little o fiiiiv ia l Salt. ThO ^rey is'hhr-
detynd morq ponderous, and to me feems to be but a more
perfect putrefaction o f the former. ThdBlackW fhob^ll
f^ e , apd t:h£ molt Bituminous, which I take to bea feon-
%^jtiated:^utoefa4tion Of the Plants that glow upon'thefe
pj§ce§,: &syHl#0gwus, Res, Solis., Erica, and the # $ • •> hnd
ifl-this J ain fatther confirm’d, becaufe 1 have frequently
obfetrv’d ;the white::il%?> which, is demohftrably a Gbm*
page? pf fhe; recited Plants, coin verted ealily tobl&ctiM^
y^hkh is done- by draining o f the Dales, or et»tting#n©eS
thorowthe.-d^r^&r; by which means the w'hkb A^?
which before.was like a Spunge iaturated with Water, now
drain’d,
■drain’d, - c o n t r a l t o q .h ib fe compact Body. Befiaes flidfh
;are the.Hie a lh -T u rffs, arid 'a b itum in o u s E a r th h e a r O tm s-
•& ir% h u th f th a t I ill all difeburfe i n its 'p ro p e r p lac e. ’T is th b
i-eneiv’d o p in io n , t h a t th e fe ' M o r0 efha_d 'th e ir 'R if e jffom
M etB's, DSttge-,* and This H ^ 'o f h d f r sW em s tf fW B lttk ’d 'b y
thfeJgrdbt qfnantkids^oFTxfetfc ,:TrBeS h i ia r f ^ lf s h c ils ,.
Other J%;fenotnen‘a t h a t ‘Let p b fe tv 'h y h e i-e ; T^Havl lik e wife
febn a Bra-fslfedtFle w m fh ^V a y g iv in Jih e h y )^lkj
7Hefi$y', and aT ih a ll Mi'fl-ftb’rie Tolihcf in toot®
lift8 Bea'dS b f ^m b e h 1! h JW * p h n ? thSfe hoiteS 'h o t b%
te’o h g h f th i th b r h y g^^flWge th th & fe k tifr /M M
th e ^ ^ M n g ^ l ; ^ t a y ^ ^ )^ynp^n^- {and '’t is .y b r y ^ t? -
balbfe m e h k ih d s b F J N O T ^ o i l l ^ ^ t ^ f i l i c c
I tev«e dhow% an d t i l c r b i ^
k ’is'^eaiyto-eoncfeifS h ow T u c h th in g s n ia ^ fo ih e tim p L be
fe tih d in \JM o ra ffe s; h u t w fte th e rth e fe fh b ^ e rih li^ fe ^T re e l^
‘P_ine-Go¥itis, MtH'ts a n d $ h £ lts' did grbHf'fih ’^ h a b h l i ^ ^ S 1 b?
were b r b u ^ f t t h i f h e f b y th e d n ivC H a l5^ ^ ^ ; ■ h h ^Q u c ftib h
t h a t iM#y -chailfefi^brtbur h e f t G b h fi'd i^ t? i® i I
fet§’ 1 h av e n o t fbbn E i'r r s lgro<fi natuShlH-Hii an y p a r t o f t h i s
Rte^ioh^V id e hkv& pe&a
Gaffehnd'fiiduAfjr-1, wlibii 'hb 1 i®
ih v ad e d t t e Ifla nd' theiis d i& n o t a n y i h it. F i ora
th d b td l f h o ifcfe e« ifeP #M ^ tH at
an f o t h k M O g b ,'' and i t Knn&PpAMib froni*
that>i?r%afni One -fbeited b y z fy o fe s : Bbihh p c r fb lis l khoiv
h a v e fcnaeaMolWfo ^ d e 'U M s iA ^ e f l ^ n ^ y h ^ f n J g ,
th e f e ^M e r f a n e o us1 T iT e ^ ^ b r e nOt Pdaflly E tr r r /W t t f h f f
W 0b (^ i^ ^ eR f e S h o ii§ il y 4h ^ ^ r ® M f f i { ^ rh i S ^ x s ® &
qUbihiyhnghtbb tlibre with^W^EfbliigB! B b thd^X ihikbr;
Ndfc’bniy Wirr^odfe, but Eirr-^pptePLt likewlfe^’found ilri t h B f,1 tfthfb; PK6j^d thb^*.|ShlB|bi
lo#' diB bbuld'hbthc^hg’t b ^ y otMf T^reb but to the
bTS^sThO ^f^ih df^hb Wbod|ykbd tfcb ffilt
h^onhufhFnh dfdp ffom it; it ih
bd 'reaibf Eitfi .* fo that whirls that Ljcpmit1
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