^ ^uitein not,
n | .A t pall th® ®y@n<
I not
niuph b uf cynnpt %v$r it to be thuHame;
QpJWi i%9 i t o l l pieces ©f
pfm^nQPi?f naal^ea^l^ wijhpwt I|jR(tqp ; feujt h^vf it came
tasbe fo, f 4 ° Ubt determine,fo^i^ring with what difficul-
ty^tljp A^tai, js rayiffi’^fmm it$P#i 1: qmtbat Tppihtbepe*
f ^ e l le|^f(every F ^ p n ; to Ifis o ^ cConjedpfd LThere ds
ft^ie r'fce&$ Qre whiqh cpntaiim $ilye£, 1 which after Fufiori
lmy^p fp^rafed fi^ifefe wjtb aMfoiboth
th4,|^0t||s3pseiety’^f Butnlet us epnhdexsiarthejithis
payfanous Sulphurof\Lead, wdjie^wiu better bejanderflpod
bythpitrM^oslAnd yarippseflyi&’Which i f produeesynotoafty
typpnj Human Kindi but upsaA^*drupede?^^ie uMisfDi’
Itemper is; by the Miners leallid: the B ellan d^ h ich difeo-
IM pMfiiiiWWWro
o fA ^ S w ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n S '^ o t o t s /th e Patient* iwith^iefe-
^©jrpf jLppptite, his Complexion turps paleiapd yetlowift|
thefe are attended with a dryiCongh hnd iibalfehefs; fweli
}ing o f the Limbs;, and JoyntsaenfuejWhich t i f render'd
ufelefs, This Diftemper may be taken either by working
in '^^MggrdiFor by i f * Fnmes. o f |theiOre;in ihaedt-
ingofdt ? Thefe very Symptomb kmppeptO'®^!andbtMr
Cattle; thefp generally take theBiftemper eitherby > feed-
i.ng pn the Grafs where the Lead-Ore is walk'd, or by drinking
pf that Water: In fpme Lbrfes that have died of'this
pifeafe, the Q#e has bee® found in Lumps and MaCes in
the Stomach. Let os now enquire, into the Caufe o f thele
PiftemperSj fince it may perhaps leem ftrange how an Ore
without any diminution o f it6 SubftaHceihappearanee,
fhould fo fer affeft the extreme Parts, as to caufe them to
fwelhand render themufelefs :In profeeutionof wcM alledge
that it is probable the Sulphur of the Lead is a Subftanoe as
minute as that of M&timony in Crocus Metallorum, which
we find by daily Experience will caufe moft violent Vomitings,
idgss^vithonbifehexleal; diminution, 'of its«Weight, why
ïnk^PÖb'tithi^fiStflphurl ihen? bitter’ the? very tÊwet^alïà bf
the Nerves, \ and infthofe b ^ its âlifie'Parti des,produce a
CorfugâtfoWÿ /ahdsby ‘that means /dbftruéfithe Influence Pf
fuch a proportion^T SpiritsI'âs arë-^eeêirary tdNutrition ?
Hence the Blood ' becom^difpirited, and perforins ndt its
due?CiVculation, but-' ftagnftelHm various pdtfts of.* the
Body ; the Serunisbêëbïnes Eiföefeetahdf Vilêidjpâfd thàfee
proceed the Ho’fctfêö’ef^; Afthmay weakhefs/aftdJ 'fobl&g^
of thejoynts..’ I r is probable this Diftempe®4 n<lhe bdgim
ningjlbefore it has tod’fâr affeded the^kfb’Kvfes, might be
cured by répé’ated Emeticks; b uraftetïf has* dnbe’,advanc’d
to that »Stated alfiEndeav ours are-vain:’.
In the Difcovory o f thefe dMines, I da not find; that the
Miners! ufa'fth t Virgula Divina, or the Forked and '^Sri
gmHâfel, büf the Ore generallyi!difc¥véfsifit’ felf m the-
Fiflures o f Rocks; and this they fellow ti-lfthey breakihtP
the BoLe.ar Trunk o f it,.’/which refembles. the Trunk, and
its Veifsf the Boughs of a Tree. I hâve foifiêtnfteâ obferi
vediin the Center of a piece. ofLime-ltörie','- likë^i^ègi involv’d
in Amber ; ah entire| pièce; ®f.0re;\ without-an’y
Strings or Leaders directing ta it ; ' whic'h briugglhe in the
next place to confider the Formation ofaOres, whether they
germinate, or afe the Exuviae o f the DelugeU '-1
I t is affirm’d bfl the Iron Mines in the Vutà WWÎô/èftcèh
Country^ I that in 3 Years time the fame Mine .will b'ë%'s'
B prèghant with'Ore, as it was feefere-.it^w^s-exhauftedi:
Which * ïnftance to luxurious Wits» has afforded fufficrent
grounds to defcant upon the Germination oB^Mm/s/ciréS
to that exceisj that.fomei fond Opiniâtres-wha h'ave abfèr-
ved the metallic Tree in a Courle o f Chymi/iff^ haVe alm ó-Ê
I reduc'd the Metals tó Fegetahlesiji'ibutüe ftóbpn^lers
the Fiflures o f fhe Rocksyf and the'doling <ofî ’tlïofe/a^âini
where the Metal, entirely dHappears, no; String's -leadiiig -td
thefubfequent Body, sand likewifei ^he preceding- Inftance
in Lime-ftohe, together fenietinies with ' peïrlfy’d Pfahtei
A a Shells^..