n N a l f r y .i t o r y M u y o & w a t
.;the many infumouatabk ropkssiandi pre-
p g ropts ;,ffhwbicb jtfg ^penetrated by; .tHefe-tnatigafok
^^WrW^xjii-ilfe:fesve rp^grfiyt ii^kffihfe ts dwell any where
fcvt 9» th£:f£3-6pa% mapy tta$i o&d^s -ageount, being wild and
uipphabit-ed* in die jmpuptaifis of; Tyrol.;, a»d divers parts of
this. diocpfq,. by ,tbe nameof yddale, i, -g. ijiftceefEr
P#pmEppiGftdqti with: other .©oufttries;
Ilbb^iia^tSj-. ipr they f$rgj def&tMfi? of conveniencies,
tho’ ^ p there pi jpo wantjof fja^l and pafture. Copeerping
$ ls dp^tb:pf thg;fep, I muft further a#> that .in.fpme,placgs 319
bottom can, fye, found,- pffefe, ;a NTaWav :^ i{>. from
Dronthekn, whet?, after meafuring ifowitfe; a; liije pf a jhmifeud
fhaf -H © q # fe j |# Ttfei
bottom of* tfie fca has an opening pgr comf^guG^pp with thi.?
ijtnmeafurabJe abyfs.
s e e t . wm
w^Brtrae ^ltfco^fce
d ip that near ‘the ling, as fhali 'hereafter be;ppwed,'‘vet jti
weight is tttneh grpter than in the warm* countries, the Baulk fof
, wbieh . i s ^ 'I ^ P ^ e | e }^iBtk s i g t ^ S * ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ Kto M. dq
la.Mothe le Vayer, attributed to wiubff'S'e
here more denfe and impure than dfeWhere. But as this creates,
might fooie pertinently havekicb^thatW
air near tie poles feeing condenfed 'ty%e-calli; ubmprehes £ $ k
whatever it* touches, and confequently tbe partfcle^offbe water’
TiS^de an<^ as hy this comprefbop they adhere cjnfep to each other* con-
*S .jp ., rfeq«entf they ‘have fbrcFio tear’
iii. cap. m. lighter waters would fink*
s
fie colour.. Accorcfing to the dbfefvatiori of Mr. Urban 'H iernes, the water
of the north-fea is of a feluifli tinge, as that near the Greed Cape
and Florida partakes of the colour of the fea-grafs, which grows
' in great abundance thereabouts; near Vera Cruz it is white
ftom die chalky bottom, and near Maldivia it is as ilack'as ink*
probably by reafon of the effluvia bom the coal-mines, or fome
ofher blapfcfufeftaaee at the bottom. But that- the viafer of the
north-lea, has in itfelf a blue tinge does riot- appear, and I am
3 in-
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inclined to believe that this bliienefs is no further real, than as the
'eye is apt to. reprefent to itfelf the air, or any; obj.e£t, at a great
diftanee, o f that colour. Peyrere, in the place before cited, affirms,
that the ice in the north-fea’ is blue, and therefore by the ancients
termed, Cdrulea GfaeieS. T b e ftnow, which ofothe-funimitS
o f . the mountains gradually hardens -into ice, ;is .of>this colour*
and- therefore commonly c&lfed Bkabreem ■*
p h h
Altho’ 'the- fear waters, ,0^, hjprway. be,-- pmob falter.! thati. jthofe of i&iofaieffif i
the Baf^e, v^i6r^ thei 1 fea; is -r^helhed- by abup4f}PG^ -flf tiyep
runing- into it, yet» it has/j^jt the; feltpefs d£d|a^|in wgjpmr
• t|:fe^, efpecially under (the. tprrid. zone. t ^pdithi&pi^ more-thaU Lawejiorp.
natural.; '.forg^ieseitfieyehemenf heat.ef tfiqfep-p^afipns'a,mpre
copious 1 vappration ,and.e?dialation, ,-as .ip.jthe l & p m , tfiqre
the faljjip. particles, in the restnaanipg water become-the,mprepfp&|y
united,^-and .CQnJequently the faifnpfs .pf^ it moje.pungeptvf/pr
tha^ the fun, itfelf fhould .cpnyey il> its -icorching'rays. innumerable
atom^of fait,to the fea, and. cpnfefpjeudy, ipoff tn^^fWnere ^it
drikes tfie -gegateft beat, is contrary to au .experience1, .altho’ the
long fince-rejected principle of Ariftptle * fs again difoufled and
efpoU(fed by that-very-ingenious and diligept naturalift in Swedefu irttta^Wa^
Mr. Urban. Hierpp. It fee pis of more importance, here to enquire) work,F »y
why tbe^ faltnefs of. the fea-water.,-1 here decre^iing towards the
north,.increaf^i, -fprpe diftanee higher jtowarefs theworth-mole,
fo that the water, no further than Iceland, is.faf.ter rhan the water
pn „our Norway.eoafts, /according t;o 5.M. .Apderfon’s; remark in.ixis
Defcriptiqn of Iceland c^pf? is plainly this, that va very in-
tenfe cold, fublimates by eyapprations greater .quarrtitifisinf’ tffi
perficial, anq ffrefbe.ft fea-waj:^, apd .partly r<4i^pjates ,tliem by
froft. Thus here the co)d has, tho’ in a lefs^ degree,, almoff the
fame effedt as the heat in hot-countries; but this effeft jf rannne
produce on the weft-Goaft of Morvyay, _wbere? ,£qf the ,tn,oft part
we have damp weather, and know very^btrie.oftfip cfeancold
de la rasr,depend d£ ce que les eaux fonthi^Hes psa lfSjt^grgns du-.f^leik ef4 Ik«
Ti a jamais experimente que la chaleur de. cet alfre, oil irieme celle de la flamme ait
conyerti .de l’eau douee e-ii de 1’eaii falee: Roliaiilt Phy'fiquc, T, ijl p. u r : eapiiv.
Soft. 34.
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