211
Iune the 6th. 1678
S
r. Christopher Wren the Vice pres
t. tooke the chair.
vpon the Reading the minutes of may 30
th. A further Di
scour
se was
. . . occa
siond concerning the Reuiuing of seuerall creatures
after they had been drowned. as also concerning the Reuiuing of
swallows after they had been taken out in clu
sters from vnder
the Ice. concerning which it was affirmed that S
r. Guilbert Herbert /Talbot/
hauing made particular inquiry concerning the truth of such
Relation by especiall order from the King, he had confirmd
tho
se Relations
vpon reading the Relation Then was read the
bulk Relation of M
rIames Young ^ /obseruation in seuerall parts of the world./ concerning the production of springs by the straine
of Sea water through the sands & pores of the Earth whereby
he Indeauourd to proue
that from seuerall in
stances that spring
in all places could not haue their origination from Raine wa
ter as was suppo
sed, but more probably seemd to be produced
by the sweetning of the sea water.
This occa
siond a great Debate concerning the cau
se of
springs -
S
r. Iohn Hoskins Related that the Island of walkerin was
all of Clay and yet at the bottom of the hills there were great
numbers of springs of fresh water
The same further added that twas not Improbable but that
a great quantity of the water flowing from the tops of Hills
was occa
siond by the frequent mi
sts there when there were none
in the vally vnderneath -
As al
so that one cau
se he conceiued of the mi
sts on the tops of hills
neer the sea side was the pa
ssing
ouer of the air ^ /which was/ neer the surface
of the sea ouer the top of the hills. & there by the cold
condensed into water and the beating again
st the same they might
be conden
sed into water -
The same al
so mentiond that twas not improbable that though
there might not be a sub
stance that would streine the water fro[m]
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