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# Title: Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 105, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 105)
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the Paid trees collectinq and condensine continuay
the moyst part OF the Rir, the Came beinq indeed a
true and lively reprelentation oF a River. NOr
has it been my obtervarion alone, but the lame is
mentioned by divers Authors: And it is aftirmed
by Tome Authors, that there are Pome IMlands in the
Forrid Zone irhich have no other mater in them
than irhat is condensed out oF che Air by the Prees
at thetopsoF cheHills, and converted into drops ot
Rain.
Sixthly, Thac ic is generally obserred, Whercever
chere are high Hills there are generallr mans springs
round about the boctoms ot them ot verr fret and
elear water, and ofcen times lome ihich rise very
neor thetops oE them, irhich seems to procced From
their sreat eleration abore the otter plain Cuperticial
Parts ot the carth, whereby the dir being dactred
and broken against them, ther help to condense the
rapours that arcelerated into the higher and cooler
Regions oF the ir, and (0 Perre like Filtres to dram
dornthole rapours (o condensed, and conver them
into the Vallers beneath, And hence icis verr ulual
in Couneries where there arc high HTiIISto sec the tOpS
oF them ofcen corered with clouds and mists, rhen
it is clear and dey reather beneath in che Vallers.
And in the paltine throush thole clouds on thetop
Thare very often Found in them very chick mists and
Tnallrain, Whereas as Loon as I have descended From
che higher intoche lorver parts oF the HiIIS, none oE
that mistor rain hath Fallenthere, though Pcould sii
perccire chelame milts to remain about theFOP. C ON-
Conantto chis Observation mas onc related tome by
an inrenious GenEleman NIr. C7. P. Wrho one oF curio
olier wich ocher Genelemen Wwhilse he lived in che
IPand oF Teneriss, one oF the Canaries made a journer
eothe cop oE that prodisious hish Mouncain, called
the Pikc. The substance oF irhich (tothis purpose)
iras, that che Caldera or hollor Carity, at thevery