fAJRAf t H J S T Q R Y ^ g /
vtli? Oriental phOskf fhefame fk$, I fttqfd not fail to eri-
I deayoqr tp I
. ' From what has;hepn befeeobftry’d, i t j% p k feh is ftlyr
pothefisismot probabk, and that there-. memnp|fe§taMe
Qhje<ftions:agpinftJt; fe;tharhi§ry£ryAlleent»ing only in
a Relation ^from jthfi fotoih^htidn’d SDune^ 'k\iif<$gg$kr
^^tioi^io^cw do FhflMTe tfere atePearlsAeither m B fm -
ftmck^ oi' any other pmh fthe.World yet known, compa^
rahle to thofe in Enft-Ldia, the Mother of Pearfiofthe
Qyfters in thofe Parts bbmgmuoh finer than any difepyer’d
here, or in the Weft-Indies:: And. if fo.feywhat has been ob-
fcrv’d) it is moft certain, that;th.e Pearls muft be finer alfo,
which are only the nloft refin’d- parts o f vfhpfe defeated
Laminm of the Shell.- fetlfieindeed, there are imfrefe
Waters herfgbojat A ^ yr/^iOf^^^^^bnde he rifiencions,
whiph are commonlyfjj call’d Horfe*M®fties, Of tbefemaft
numbers Were found in the Pond at Table? in €heftftre^.
when itwas drein’d, but not any o f themiepntafn?d Pearls,,
nor was the Fife palatable.5 tflefe, I thinh, mayiferte
for a full Anfwer to Saftdiuss Hypothefts, I feall not therefore
tranfgrels longer on the Reader’s patience, but only
take notice, o f the tFirp:in- the
Night-time, frequently obfefVable in Mdftlss and Qtyftemy
and fb clpfe this Head.
It is obfemble that tbeefe; argreafc
quantity o f volatile Sulphur, arid hence rit is, thatin Tabid
Gafts, as, in fcorbutic Atrophies* thfey .aM lofb qjftahrit-
dinary ufe, for their fulphureous Particles'/being communicated
to the Mafs o f Blood, thpy afrefe infpirit and re-
ftore it to its due Circulation, and then the Blood diftri-
butcs its nourilhmenfc to the Body, which before ftagnated
in feveral Capillaries^ where for want o f a daily fupply the
Body emaciated. Another confirmations o f their great
quantity of - Sulphur, is their extream foetidnefs upon Putrefaction,
which isasoffenfive as any preparation of Sulphur
whatever. Thefe granted, and that Flame it felf is
only
L A N C A S H m E , QHR SMl R Jf.&c. l i9.
only a duerquaritky qfi&ljphqrpqqs Pa,r^4^/put intp a
R^tic^lar JVfeion, and then again-confecting, what vaft
ngp^i^sibfitbpi; P a t t f t F i & i j f # n d ; t h e l r
it, ,is eafy \ tp, \i«agig*!hmi thofe
a , jflafhqs m the Mght’tnne, when then* Pail-
tftfts-,4fe not Shatter'd by the Be%tR§pf >the Sun, nnayjfm?
qupniftyft O^bfe'Vd - jn them * j jmdrife &: fepfeable“ that if
fqinp q f ouij Li^u&ftr fead^ftbd!4h% |§ iie n t s upon fetid
QjAwh they:-might luot^eaffey prepa/c the ftMJghanuSi
SfeoJk Fleflp^pr^die^ vyhftftji; thppmmmh
b u t w tedipu a;pr qc,§fs s r
winkles ; .wekavp^ikeg/jlp, another,F^fiifh^pjd hfe
thedfead qP.d th<aiqo call'd tfe
Tjie l feqomuiQfey fo, calfe jfem, it
beai;§ m a ftiipplq, | thecCpunpry Peoj^ejqjib-; tfiem f e their
Nip|%s whqn^fee^ which by guarding thejn^Qm frettdrig
on- thqir Cloaths, giyg Relief. Thefe are thejmok remarfe-
whichT sfiayp. sp^fery’d in-thefe-Parts^
f s ’'fliftS in. tf e n#^t, plicp defcendi ;to- Riy^tr arid
PpndrFifej and:°f; thefe the moft remarkabkare the ^
g j f a w 'a slikew ife^ ej: in
the River AV'^near Mamke/ier : Anftof thefe 1 fliall feew
ifeeftiferenc% and thekmJnrierjgfC^nei^t&Mii ahdfe'cpm
clude this Chapter.;
- 1 The Riygu^sfomid.withJgreat quantities tfcSAmm but
ehiefiy thole into which the Sea Hosts daily,.as RdMe»
Lmet Wire, and the Merfey» in thefe thaje^are confidef^
able numbers taken, but the moft; fe:i&$£&jaiadl the
Cbncemingrthe Growth of thefe feeiGpiaidrisare vaffeus,
forne aflertii3g..that after the S&lmm leaves the $eaj fee
makes, ta-ffefe. Rive^, iand conftantly preflesioarward till
fee gain® the Shallow^, and in.jthe -iSanidS, «StarakanilBeb-
bles depnfites: her Spawft or E^gk,. upoyrtwhi#!! the Male
eje^:s.:a Milk which fecundates thpm, arid fb theferinafiori
o f the Foetus is begun, which fujftis ftfed a Snlmm-SjkeJh,
-Nn x the