touch_v on_o it_o because_o that_o no_o geographer_n have_v hitherto_o make_v mention_n of_o it_o as_o also_o of_o the_o river_n jeniscea_n and_o yrtiis_fw-la orellana_n the_o river_n orellana_n 7._o orellana_n in_o america_n so_o call_v from_o francis_n orelli_n be_v account_v among_o the_o great_a river_n of_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v fountain_n be_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o peru_n in_o the_o province_n of_o quito_n in_o the_o south_n latitude_n of_o 72_o degree_n but_o this_o be_v not_o altogether_o certain_a its_o mouth_n be_v fifteen_o mile_n in_o latitude_n two_o degree_n southerly_a it_o be_v tract_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 1500_o spanish_a mile_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o great_a number_n of_o bend_n when_o that_o in_o truth_n it_o extend_v not_o 700._o other_o confound_v with_o it_o or_o make_v the_o river_n maragnon_n to_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o it_o it_o be_v in_o some_o place_n four_o or_o five_o league_n broad_a but_o it_o receive_v not_o its_o water_n so_o much_o from_o a_o 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orellana_n rio_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr plata_fw-la and_o omoranna_n meet_v somewhere_o in_o some_o lake_n in_o the_o mediterranean_a place_n of_o brasilia_n and_o emorge_v again_o be_v disjoin_v canada_n the_o river_n canada_n 10._o and_o last_o canada_n or_o st._n laurence_n in_o america_n septentrionalis_n its_o spring_n be_v in_o the_o lake_n call_v des_fw-fr iroquis_fw-la it_o be_v large_a mouth_n be_v in_o the_o 50th_o degree_n of_o north_n latitude_n and_o its_o tract_n be_v no_o lesser_a than_o 600_o german_a mile_n proposition_n xxviii_o whirlpool_n be_v find_v in_o the_o channel_n of_o some_o river_n so_o in_o the_o river_n sommona_n between_o amiens_n and_o abbeville_n in_o picardy_n in_o france_n be_v a_o secret_a whirlpool_n into_o which_o the_o water_n rush_v with_o such_o violence_n that_o their_o sound_n may_v be_v hear_v for_o some_o mile_n proposition_n xxix_o riverwater_n be_v more_o light_a than_o sea-water_n riverwater_n sea-water_n more_o heavy_a than_o riverwater_n 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water_n that_o be_v both_o corporeal_a and_o spirituous_a be_v generate_v proposition_n iu._n there_o be_v innumerable_a kind_n of_o mineral_n water_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n and_o diversity_n of_o the_o particle_n which_o they_o contain_v of_o divers_a mineral_n in_o the_o precedent_a proposition_n we_o have_v explain_v how_o that_o mineral_n water_n may_v receive_v those_o particle_n from_o which_o their_o admirable_a quality_n do_v arise_v from_o mineral_n or_o fossils_n water_n many_o kind_n of_o mineral_n water_n now_o because_o that_o there_o be_v various_a sort_n of_o mineral_n thence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o mineral_n water_n be_v various_a and_o different_a in_o their_o quality_n yea_o they_o be_v almost_o infinite_a for_o neither_o only_a be_v every_o one_o of_o these_o water_n impregnate_v by_o one_o kind_n of_o mineral_n but_o together_o many_o of_o many_o wherefore_o mineral_n water_n will_v either_o be_v simple_a or_o mix_v and_o the_o mix_a will_v have_v something_o either_o from_o three_o or_o four_o or_o from_o many_o fossils_n or_o mineral_n thence_o 1._o be_v metallick_n water_n viz._n of_o gold_n silver_n copper_n tin_n lead_v iron_n 2._o salt_n water_n viz._n of_o common_a salt_n niter_n alum_n vitriol_n 3._o bituminous_a water_n sulphureous_a antimonial_a of_o coal_n and_o of_o amber_n 4._o the_o water_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o stone_n viz._n lime-water_n chalk_n ochre_n marble_n alabaster_n 5._o mercurial_a water_n and_o the_o like_a these_o denomination_n or_o kind_n of_o water_n ii_o see_v prosition_n ii_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o the_o triple_a mode_n by_o which_o in_o the_o second_o propasition_n we_o say_v that_o mineral_n water_n be_v 1._o some_o corporeal_a and_o even_o manifest_a to_o the_o sense_n or_o corporeal_a by_o a_o subtle_a and_o accurate_a commixion_n 2._o that_o other_o be_v spirituous_a 3._o that_o other_o be_v corporeal_a and_o also_o spirituous_a these_o difference_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o every_o kind_n of_o mineral-water_n viz._n to_o demonstrate_v by_o one_o or_o another_o example_n gold-water_n be_v 1._o corporeal_a which_o carry_v grain_n of_o gold_n of_o that_o magnitude_n that_o with_o little_a trouble_n they_o be_v discernible_a to_o the_o sense_n neither_o have_v they_o any_o accurate_a coherency_n admix_v unto_o they_o 2_o corporeal_a water_n which_o possess_v very_o small_a particle_n of_o gold_n and_o indeed_o very_o close_o connex_v to_o the_o water_n such_o water_n i_o suppose_v to_o be._n although_o the_o nature_n of_o gold_n be_v such_o that_o the_o least_o grain_n in_o the_o water_n sink_v to_o the_o bottom_n yet_o that_o such_o may_v be_v be_v manifest_a from_o the_o aqua_fw-la regius_fw-la of_o the_o chemist_n in_o which_o gold_n be_v dissolve_v into_o atom_n but_o this_o aqua_fw-la regius_fw-la be_v not_o simple_a therefore_o neither_o do_v those_o water_n that_o be_v find_v in_o nature_n to_o have_v atom_n of_o gold_n admix_v want_v 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