w Tht /P A T U R A L m g j ,y Q1 R y n $£
fej a or. 'Arms is to be us’cL Ci>|>f ipg'Qli^fe toktile, Alca-
Jbes^-Friflaott, Ejfifpafties, and the like;, are theMetbods
to be take»; add not*© i^eiariflvM$k
imbibe tb&Pdyfo®,; aslis the eommon Guftom.
0ther Sulphurs are obfervable ip Lead the
Effluvia o f -which are *pt to produce We$k& the and
C m ftm pm > in tM e a metallic eorrofive; Salt ia, united
with the Sulphur, and fo either by eapftnga coagulation
o f the Lywpha* w ferttm of theBlood, entangles the §pi-
tiflsy tfepiLnngs o_rkTewesJ and F> produces the
fpf^r#efted Didempers. The By on ia notippehunlikea
M&my» theiytnptonis running. paraMely and no doubt but
thojlike Method in that as in an efiential pughLto
be taken©/The Suftphu®- o f the ptyrhesymti: eafily fulmi-
mtb with Nitres vihichIPyrttes is. a Complex o f diderent
metallic Par tides, as they arefound in different Mines,,as
in -Lead» Copper* Iron* Antimony* &e, as was before related.
Sulphur is difcernable in fome mineral j Waters by their
fipaefi, and by a Reverberation lo f -the fulphureous Steam»
of hot Baths in Cupulosnative Ss^phur may be eolledted,
Sulphur by the Greeks
thought in this, in thole times of Heathenifin, the Gods
defcended, and by Thunder and Lightning deftroy’ds the
Provinces- But by modern Authors • it is taken for an inflammable
or oily Concrete from fomemineralAcid,/which
is render’d evident in the preparation of common B rin^ktix
which contains both an inflammable. Oyl, and an acid Spirit,
and accorfixngly as the Acid is united withr the Sulphur,
the Sulphur is benign or poyfonous; hence it is that common
Brimfiotte may more fafely be taken, beeaufe it, contains
a mild Acid; but the Sulphurs of A n tim o n y * A r fe n ic *
and other Minerals, are poyfonous beeaufe they contain
more penetrating Salts, and fo> inflame and lacerate the
Veffels.
As to Mineral Vamps it is obfervable that they will continue
upon the fur face of the Water in the Mine the fpace
of
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o f .a Month, at leaft, in jp 0val foto© as the Minersaffur’d
me,and then frequently bfé^Iafewhich time, f f the,Miners
be Within the WorkSi'tbey ^r^QftepfufFocated : I difcours’d
Avith one who had like to have perifh’d by them; /he told pie
he perceiv’d a fudden Coldnefs [tpi ftrike to his Heart, iff he
term’d it, and an extraordinary fw.eetnefs in big Mouth,
that he-lay UMa Perlbn iri ,a , SWboAihg p it, add was .not
lènfible o f either. Pain orFicknafs, . nor-could he reinember
any thing farther; fave that he drew h k Breath ,ftiotfc abhe
recover’d, and was drowfy for lomé time, afterwards. The
Phenomena feem to indicate thefè- Damps to , confilt; .of
arfenifcaFSulphurs, .and! vitriolic,Effluvia, which fuddenly
entangle the Spirits, and fo produce a Coagulation, of the
Whole Mafs frf, Blood, and oonfeqpuntly jfteatb it felfi i f
not fpeedily prevented. The way the ROrfons have in thofe
Cafes'fo lave5thfemfelves; is by digging an Hole, in the
Barth, and being in it upon their »Faces till fuch time as
the Damp hasfpent it fcrlf j and fometiWes by flioöting at
it, anflio'firing it o u t: One of- the Men, whole Ignorancè
led him to Superfitition, affirm’d it f o be an inferiMi
and indeed i f a Maö reflect mpon the Wickednefs; o f moft
ofthéMmérs, one might have too much reafohj!« conclude
that they have too-great a Correfpondonce with fuch fort
of Company, their Morals béing mconfiilent with any Ro-
bgiónt fhere f»fli4rce a vicious A& but* they ate guilty* o f
it, their Folly i s ;as notorious as their Vice ; after all their
toilfom liaboufs. IBr % whole Week in difmal ohfeure- Celfe;
the product o f all their fix Hays'WeMffc-k'ged^ratly ! dn thé
feventfi expended in Dmflkèprids,
Sometimes in thefè Mines are obfervable mineral Earths*
by thé Miners call d Cokes&Q&^oftan* but to iiiethey fteni
a courfer foft. of S p a r e r Theft, astheMhlers affirm,' aré
unerring Indications of Lead, and when they come to thofe
Mineralsyhey will pretend to tell you how far they am from
L e a d h u t .too much Confidence is not to tftgivkifto m&-,
AfTertions, for Ï have obftry’d theft Minerals to be where X a no