Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              ſome ſharp, ſome bitter, ſome perfectly clear,
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              others muddy, viſcous, oily, tinctured with
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              Pitch, or of a petriſying Quality; ſome run­
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              ning partly clear, and partly foul, and ſome­
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              times in the ſame Place part ſweet, and part
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              ſalt or bitter: There are alſo ſeveral other Par­
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              ticulars, well worth Note, which make Wa­
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              ters very different from one another, as well in
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              Nature as in Effect, and of no ſmall Conſe­
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              quence to the Preſervation or Prejudice of the
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              Health. </s>
              <s>And here let us be allowed juſt to
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              mention ſome miraculous Properties of Water,
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              by Way of Amuſement. </s>
              <s>The River
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              Arſione
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              in
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              Armenia,
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              rots the Cloaths which are waſh­
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              ed in it. </s>
              <s>The Water of
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              Diana
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              's Fountain,
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              near
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              Camerinum,
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              will mix with nothing Male.
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              <s>At
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              Debri,
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              a Town of the
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              Garamanthes,
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              is a
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              Spring which is cold in the Day, and warm in
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              the Night. </s>
              <s>The
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              Helbeſus,
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              a River in the Coun­
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              try of the
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              Segeſtani
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              in
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              Sicily,
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              in the Middle of
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              its Courſe grows of a ſudden hot. </s>
              <s>There is a
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              ſacred Well in
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              Epirus,
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              which extinguiſhes any
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              Thing which is put into it burning, and lights
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              that which is extinguiſhed. </s>
              <s>In
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              Eleuſina
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              near
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              Athens,
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              is a Spring which leaps and rejoices at
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              the Sound of a Flute. </s>
              <s>Foreign Animals that
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              drink at the River
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              Indus,
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              change their Colour:
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              And upon the Shore of the
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              Red Sea
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              there is a
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              Spring, at which if Sheep drink, their Wool
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              preſently turns Black. </s>
              <s>At
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              Laodicea
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              in
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              Aſia,
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              there are Springs, near which all the fourfoot­
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              ed Animals that are conceived are of a yellow
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              Hue. </s>
              <s>In the Country of
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              Gadara,
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              is a Water,
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              of which if the Cattle drink, they loſe their
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              Hair and Nails. </s>
              <s>Near the
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              Hyrcanian
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              Sea, is a
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              Lake, wherein all that bathe grow ſcabby, and
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              can be cured with nothing but Oil. </s>
              <s>At
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              Suſa,
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              is a Water which makes the Teeth fall out of
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              the Head. </s>
              <s>Near the Lake
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              Zelonium,
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              is a Spring
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              which makes Women barren, and another
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              which makes them fruitful. </s>
              <s>In the Iſland of
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              Chies,
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              there is one which makes thoſe that
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              drink of it fooliſh: And in ſome other Place,
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              which I do not now recollect, is one which
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              not only upon drinking, but upon the bare
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              Taſting makes the Perſon die laughing, and
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              there is another wherein only Batheing is im­
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              mediate Death. </s>
              <s>And near
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              Nonacris
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              in
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              Arca­
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              dia,
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              is a Water perfectly clear to the View, but
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              of ſo poiſonous a Quality, that it cannot be
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              contained in any Metal whatſoever. </s>
              <s>On the
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              contrary, there are others which are admirable
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              for reſtoring the Health, ſuch as the Waters of
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              Pozzuolo, Siena, Volterra, Bologna,
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              and many
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              others of great Fame all over
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              Italy.
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              <s> But it is
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              yet more extraordinary which we are told of
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              a Water in
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              Corſica,
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              namely, that it will recon­
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              ſolidate broken Bones, and prevent the Effect
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              of the moſt dangerous Poiſons. </s>
              <s>In other Places
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              there are Waters which mend the Wit and even
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              inſpire Divination. </s>
              <s>In
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              Corſica,
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              alſo there is
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              another Spring very good for the Eyes, which
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              if a Thief dares to deny a Theft with an Oath,
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              and to waſh his Eyes with its Water, imme­
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              diately makes him blind. </s>
              <s>Of theſe we have
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              ſaid enough. </s>
              <s>Laſtly, in ſome Places no Wa­
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              ter at all is to be found, neither good nor bad.
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              <s>To remedy this, it was the Cuſtom all over the
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              Country of
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              Apulia
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              to receive and preſerve the
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              Rain-water in Ciſterns.</s>
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              <s>CHAP. III.</s>
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              Four Things to be conſidered with Relation to Water; alſo whence it is engender­
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              ed or ariſes, and its Courſe.
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              <s>There are four Things therefore which
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              are to our Purpoſe with Relation to
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              Water; namely, the finding, the conveying,
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              the chuſing, and the preſerving. </s>
              <s>Of theſe we
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              are to treat: But we may firſt premiſe ſome
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              few Things concerning the Nature of Water in
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              general. </s>
              <s>I am of Opinion that Water cannot
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              be contained in any Thing but a Veſſel, and
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              therefore I agree with thoſe, who upon that
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              Account, affirm the Sea itſelf to be nothing
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              but a Veſſel of vaſt Capacity, and Rivers to be
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              great oblong Veſſels too. </s>
              <s>But there is this
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              Difference between the Waters of the Sea and
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              thoſe of Rivers, that theſe latter have a Cur­
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              rent and Motion by their own Nature, whereas
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              the former would eaſily ſubſide and be at Reſt,
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              if they were not put in Agitation by the Force of
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              the Winds. </s>
              <s>I ſhall not here diſcuſs thoſe philo­
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              ſophical Queſtions, whether all Waters make
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              their Way to the Sea, as to a Place of Reſt, and
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              whether the regular Flux and Reflux of the
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              Ocean be owing to the Impulſe of the Moon:
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              Thoſe Points not being to our Purpoſe: but
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              we muſt not omit to take Notice of what we </s>
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