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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 29

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  1. Erom the bocom oEtro FTills, hichlie onthe North
  2. Fastend; Theltream at the place marked D, is abOuE
  3. Fourteen foor ide and tro decp; ocher thon rhich
  4. there is no Freth vrater on the rhole IMand, exCCPE
  5. irtrat our people dig out oE the Cand betreen the
  6. Occan and the CaIEFond.
  7. The Caid Pond is in a laroe Bar, at the Wesc Side
  8. oF theiMand, irhich hath from onc point eo another
  9. abarkoF Sand; about tro or three fooc abore atei,
  10. corering the Bar like a Pring to aBor, the Caid bank
  11. in the Flemistr Road is about r50 foor wide, at the
  12. Fnplism Road it is as broad again; there is nerer any
  13. senlible cbbins or Rorine OF the Sea, ouly ac FuII
  14. MOonS, Or a day betore. Ic rileth in high BillOns,
  15. Wrhich break over the Bank, at the Norck end oF the
  16. Pond, Wrhere it is lorest: By iwhich means che Pond
  17. is replenisted rith mater, Which condenseth into
  18. Salt in tro dars.
  19. The Sand diridinq the Caid Pond and che Sea is
  20. verr tinc and loole. Nor becaule the betore-men-
  21. tioned Rirulet disembognes Car From the Roads at an
  22. inconrenient place For Boats, therare constraincd t0
  23. dig WVelIS, in che midt of che bank oF Sand, be-
  24. tircen the Pickle oF che (aIE Pond and the Sea,
  25. the manmex ThUS: They ArsE diss a Dic abouc cighC
  26. ooc decp, and cherein lay trro Horheads, che
  27. one on the topoEthe other, the head out os boch lave
  28. the lorvermost oF the decpelt; the sides oE boch
  29. arc. al(0 FuIl oF Gimlet holes, and the Cand laid
  30. close to them: Atier erreney tour hours they have
  31. three or Four Foocof very dlean mater in chem, irhich
  32. beins dipped out, vou plainty sec EHC nEI WaTCE
  33. Prain senely chroustr chole holes in che Ades OF the
  34. Cosk: REter Wrhieh, in a dass cime, one man actend.
  35. ins ic, may deam abouc ten Hloheads or more oF ma-
  36. cer, a litele caltins oE Sale, noc (o mueh but chac it is
  37. drintcable, and verr Ec to boyl meat in, and is uled
  38. by chose chat come chere 1o load C attle, For cheir
  39. COmmOn

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 29. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0039?run=74