,r /^ -N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y o f
...Wfr titeepfc thJs#ie»d; id. ihdyi Jbp agreMfile enough f to Mfgfifi
de \Vmktn^ Communicated
to JtnebjsBigniou!Yi^am'i who b*id i itfwknrtbs Feiiisn
hitofelfo i ®«&Tllafcln theRitag^cafi oS^ana^m itiatkfram
thS(Se^ h®'fewidn^^!!K!Canioo :or B©at> dugibut of kifth
Maasdiw Mtefd ah tteoti^ily confider ^undeniably chincc
as I univdrfal Deluge, which doubtlefe 1 could , not he/ariy
other than thapof fo ample
a relation; and ifi'foyt sthe? fecited Phatnbmdna; ' amoubt to
than a Demonftrition o f the' Truth* <Mi whatubafc
ijifpited PhilofQpher has tranfinitted toiiisfiih
As to the KouiSas of other Fqfote Plants famid in folid
Rocks, as feme not far from the GoabMirifes adjacent to
Latham, vahedertt- have feen the Imprdfioos m Tklp$6dfi
Maiden-hair TfamLeavesJhx ah bahob greyiih Rackj
iaijwiteted in a Black bRuniinonS Matter.'Alrlikewife ob4
fervid in a Marble near Mother, ,-the Lineamentsfofj a Man;
and ih iy^^s Hole near Buxton Bathy the Repreferitatibns
©f Xeyecal other. Creatures, and various; MucBflcatiahsi iaf
Matter.) Thefts I take to:be .purely the wanton Sportikigs
©fi thoFluonlStalaBites, and do believe thefe Lufus Mdtmxs
are caufed by. different Mixtures of jhituinmouk, Taline and
terrene Particles; and are not the-dBKW<afti?Bj|; Plants, ihjtlie
Deluge, which in that univerfad^Deftructian fubfided with
the broken Strata accordingtolpeciffck Gravitation.’ §
' A t 'MaifU. near OrmsMrhci&M' Bituminous Fmf; which
emits;aSnteHiiketheOy4 o f A d d er; and from-it mayrbe
prepared ah; Qyl not eafidy diftinguifhable;from, the former,
and anfwers alLthe Intentions o f that noble Medicine, »but
this mult ;be difcreetly manag'd, otherwise it contrax3s a
foetid Empjeuina. Pieces o f this by the < Country People
aremade ufe bf inftead of Caaidtes^andbinrn like Torches ;
I have feen it flame upon the furface o f Water, as long as
any. part above its fopeyficies remain’d. Where this is got
there floats a bituminous Oyl, I have fern ftrange Eflfo&s
off it in preferving Raw Flelh, which comes near to the
^Egyptian Mummy. The
L ^M ^ A 'S H IRffffoHESS H l ÏL E, Sic. 6S
The Moraffes »are made Arabier by Draining and Marling
them, and bring then very 'good Corn; they s frequently
paré off the Tbpsdoi %hefe:hwith Pulh-plowky ‘'which thè
amafs ' together.jin jfinall HqapsT When they'. are dry they
fet theöi oh Fire, fWdYiyitheir alöallüus Alle's thb Grotlid
isi inado1^ vbry ;Fërtilqk' but will h ot continue fösfeböve three
Yea%i after thatJtiS-Vèfy -Bar-Mh^Ohe thing haUalmbfl:
flipt mey how foidetimlesfiri'iM^r §re-found h um » Bbflifs
entire and uncorruptedytas in a fotofo hear thb'ilY^/J#in
Lêricdfbïre. In "Eiler-Mófo ;was- found the Sktefêbb off a.
Stag landing upoto its F e e t: Thefe are the mbit rèma’rka-
blé Phtenoména ip4have öbfeïv’d m'zMörêfesf- I lhal-1 not-
thbrêfote fWéll theft Sheets with uh’aecéirafyiRecifitMi-
tioh’Sj^but according to otir Defign proceed
Chapefpfr.'.,
C H A- P. 1%, ;
Óf Mines and Minerals, as Coal-imn|sfk'e^
forts; the MethodtflJifcovèrïhg fSewrr; Ah fof
count Talcs, Stafkmtès, AsbéimsfAlluin arid
‘ ?Vftnol Ores'; Salt Ores óf vartodsfortf SaltRocks,’' Sulphur
Ores'; /^Pyrites, Native Vitriol,. Saifs v$jtöus
Mnds; Miiieral Dampè, and Üiiin|)iidsV
all Obfefvat ion> as- comm on as trilb , ihd'Which mky1
Parts o f the World (I M^^€&d£knüyfoènnet'-Mirnèspkrö
always found in
thoMiners call it, Dippiöl&ttltdSamfcl^h^-’ÖlèjÉöif'T^chf
in one part perhaps bannot bé: difeoyerMdhd^T^htylFk-'
thome, is yet at( the Rijfeaf' ikê( Jlffine' freQfiëhit^ f#Uhd
hear the Surface’b f the‘G*r§ünd * TÜel$géifêÉfi^teëëp'’thei
fame Dip as thé Gostl^Stó/ tkse
ihg that you fpedily difélöfè'ï the aM^ Wh^llvd#
the' WKött’simiy *ï- ha^é'b^èfi?ttil(è?' té' oh#
S ’ * ferve,