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Iune the 6th. 1678

Sr. Christopher Wren the Vice prest. tooke the chair.

vpon the Reading the minutes of may 30th. A further Discourse was
. . . occasiond 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 clusters from vnder
the Ice. concerning which it was affirmed that Sr. Guilbert Herbert /Talbot/
hauing made particular inquiry concerning the truth of such
Relation by especiall order from the King, he had confirmd
those Relations
vpon reading the Relation Then was read the bulk Relation of Mr
Iames 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 instances that spring
in all places could not haue their origination from Raine wa
ter as was supposed, but more probably seemd to be produced
by the sweetning of the sea water.

This occasiond a great Debate concerning the cause of
springs -

Sr. 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 occasiond by the frequent mists there when there were none
in the vally vnderneath -

As also that one cause he conceiued of the mists on the tops of hills
neer the sea side was the passing ouer of the air ^ /which was/ neer the surface
of the sea ouer the top of the hills. & there by the cold conden
sed into water and the beating against the same they might
be condensed into water -

The same also mentiond that twas not improbable that though
there might not be a substance that would streine the water fro[m]

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