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more Fierce, and that scmetimes, alter Violent Thunder and Rain, theRoads would secm to ha ve a perfect cast of Brimftont ; and ’tis Frequent af-ter much Thunder and Lightmng for the Air to have a perfect SulphureousSmell. Durst I offer my weak Rcasons, I might here corfidcr the Natureof Thunder , and Compare it with forne- Sulphuream Spirits which I havedrawn from Coals, that I could no way Condense , yet were Inflamma ble;nay, would Burn aster they pass’d through the Water, and that soeminglyFiercer if they were not over-power’d therewith. I have kept of this Spirita considerable time in Bladdtrs ; and tho’ itappear’d as if they were onlyBlown with Air, yet, if I let it forth, and Fired it with a Match or Can-dle, it would continue Burning till all Were Spent. An Observance of theMeteors there might perhaps not be impertinent, as both what are moreRare, and what are more Frequent, as of Gofimorc in great Abundance,and of thole small Ccfavebs in a Morning, which forne havesuppos’d to beMeteors. Ignes fatui, tho’. there be many Boggy Swamps and Marse s,are feldom, if any are seen there.

There be Frequent little sorts of Whirl-Winds , whose Diameter may besometiraes not past 2 or 3 Yards, sometimes 40. which Whisking Round ina Circle, paß alpng the Earth, accordingto the Motion of the Cloud, fromwhence they Iflue; and as they paß along, with their Gyrous or Circular Mo-tion they carry aloft the Dry Leavcs into the Air, which fall again osten inPlaces far Remote, I have seen them Descend in a Calm Sun-Shine Day, asif they had come from the Heavens in great Showers thereof, so that all theElements siem d Fill’d therewith: and I could pereeive them to Descend fronton Higb, as far a» I could Poflibly Difcem a Leos.

I thought this made it Manifest, whence many Preternatural Showersy,i Kot. 11. c,;. have Happen’d. I remember at Sir Richard Athertoni in Lancaflsire, somesew Years ago, there feil a great Number of the Seeds of lvyhernes ; at firstwe admir’d what they were, for they were covercd with a thin Skin thatwas Red, and Resembled the Figure of a fmall Wheat Com\ but afterwardsthey fully Manifested what they were; for many Sproutcd and tookRoot:

1 soppose they were carried aloft by some such IVhirl-Wind, and let fallthere. I have purpofely gone into the Place where I pereeived this Gust,which is Notorious enoughby theNaiscit makes, with Ratling the Leavesas it carries them Aloft, and have found a fine Sharp Breeice of Wirfd.

Betwixt the Two Capes, the Southern, call’d the ( ape Henry, and the moreNortherly call’d Cape Charles , there runs up a great Bay, call’d the Bayof Cbeefepeak ; 9 Leagues over in some places, in most 7, Dividing Vtrgmtainto Two Unequal parts. On the Eaft Side of this Bay there lies a NarrowNeck of Land which makes the Cotinties of Nortbampton and Accomack:On the West side of the Bay there branches forth 4 Great Rivers , James-River, Tork-River, Rapahanack and Pototxack.-

The Mouth of Jamts-Rtver , which is the most Southerly ofthem , to rhe Mouth of Rotomack, which is the most Northerly, maybe 100 Miles Distance : But as I have been Credibly inform’d theFalls of fames River are not past 30 Miles from Rotomack, which

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