Consequences of the Deluge.

his Description of the Vertues of the Seas'boroiv Spaw, pag.io^. That after great Imn'dat ions of Rain, the Miners find the matesfrequently dijl tiling through the j olid Earthupon their Heads ; whereas in Summer or dt'JSeasons, they find no interruption from thenceat all.

Further, to confirm this Particular, Iwrote to my Honoured Friend Sir ThomasWillughhy Baronet, desiring him to examinehis Colliers concerning it, and fend me wordwhat report they make ; and from him re-ceived this account. If there he Springs lyebefore you come at the Coal, they carry theWater away ; but if there be none , it falls in-to the Works in greater or left quantity ac -cording as the Rains jail. Which Answer isto much the more considerable , in that itgives me a further clear Proof, that Springsare fed by Rain water, and not by any com-munications from the Sea ; their original be-ing above the Beds of Coal, they receivingthe Rain-water into their Veins, and derivingit all along to their Fountains or Eruptions’*above the Coals.

. I might add out of him, [Dr. Witty ] Fist h-ly, pag. 8 s. That the Scarborow Spaw, not'ivithjlanding it breaks out of Ground withinThree or four yards off the foot of the Clijftwhich is near Forty yards high , and within a

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