“ I shall add, that the whole country from the very Walls of Catania to 20. miles on this side is full of those old Sciarri, which former Eruptions have cast forth, though the people remember none so biqg as this last, or that burst out so low. This Country is notwithstanding well cultivated and inhabited; for length of time hath either mollified much of those old Sciarri, or new mould or ashes have overgrown them; though there still remains much Country, which, it may be, will never be made serviceable. ”

“ At the upper end in the nook upon a little hillock of crusted Sciarri was an hole about 10. foot wide, whence 'tis probable the Fire issued; and it might have had several other such holes, since either crusted over or covered with ashes. At the bottom of this hole the Fire was seen to flow along, and below it was a channel of fire, beneath that surface of Sciarri, which being cleft a top for some space, we had an easy and leisurable view of the metal flowing along, whose superficies might be a yard broad, though possibly it carried a greater breadth underneath, the gutter going sloping. ”

“ First, that the Earth of the Marish be proper. Secondly, that the Salt be made with good store of water. Thirdly, That the salt-man, who draws it, be dextrous. In this Isle of Rhe there are, that draw very dark Salt, and others, that draw it as white as Snow; and so it is in Xaintonge. Chiefly care is to be taken, that the Earth at the bottome of the Beds mingle not with the salt. The Salt, we use at our Tables, is perfectly white; which is thence, that 4. or 5. hours before the Salt is to be drawn, we draw the Creme, or that salt which is form'd on the top of the water. ”

“ And for the Poor, which are not able to retain Physitians, nor to pay Apothecaries, they must abide the adventure of repairing to those kind Fountains, which doe not unfrequently cure, when all other costly and tedious Methods doe faile. And here they may find the Suffrage of many Curious and Inquisitive Authors, and the evidence of much Experience; Here they may see the real and great performances of Cures, and what are the particular Cures, what the particular Ingredients, and what the mixtures, together with the several ways of Analysing the Waters &c. ”

“ Our Country-people draw the Salt every other day, and they draw out of those Beds, mark't hhh, every time more than an hundred pound weight of Salt.
In the hottest part of the Summer there is Salt made even during Night.
The Instruments used to draw the Salt, have many small holes, to let the Water pass, and to retain nothing but the Salt.
According to the Quality of the Earth or Ground of the Marish, the Salt is made more or less White. The Reddish earth maketh the Salt more Gray ”

“ And as for Professors of Universities or other Schools, he judges them not so proper for that particular application, and the variety of methods of dissecting; both which is necessary for examining every the smallest part, and the observe thereof, there being sometimes required whole years for finding out one onely thing, that perhaps may afterwards be demonstrated to others in one hour; which he exemplifyes by divers instances of Discoveries, made by some of the modern Anatomists. ”

“ About 2. or 3. of the Clock in the night we mounted an high Tower in Catania; whence we had a full view of the Mouth, which was a terrible sight, viz. to see so great a mass or body of meer Fire. Next morning we would have gone up to the Mouth itself, but durst not come nearer than a furlong off, for feare of being overwhelmed by a sudden turn of the wind, which carried up into the Air some of that vast pillar of Ashes, which to our apprehension exceeded twice the bigness of Pauls Steeple in London, and went up in a streight body to a farr greater hight than that ”

“ IN the beginning of this Discourse the Author represents, that those, who search after solid knowledge, will find nothing satisfactory. in all that hath been hitherto written concerning the Brain: that all, which Anatomists agree in, is only, that it consists of two Substances, a White and a Grayish, and that the former is continued with the Nerves, that are distributed through the whole Body ”

“ Physitians and Chirurgions, for not having made satisfactory discoveries by their labors, and alleadging on their behalf their want of time requisite for this purpose; the ill consequence of which he represents to be, that they often undertake to cure a Body, of which they know not the Structure, which is no better, (saith he) then if a man would repair or wind up an Engin, the parts of which he is ignorant of. ”

“ When it raines, the openings 22, 33. are stopp'd, to hinder the Water from running into the Marish mark't EEF. Unless it rain much, the rain-water doth little hurt to the Marish; and although it rain a day or a night, we doe not let the water which is in the Marish run out, the heat of the Sun sufficiently exhaling such Rain-water, if, for example it be not above an inch high. Only, if it have rain'd very plentifully that day, no Salt is drawn for the 3. ”

“ And hence also it might proceed, that these live Sciarri, meeting with any bank or high ground, would puff and swell up, till they had overcome it; so that in many places, especially under the Wals of Catania, were Vallys of those Sciarri, and the Fire never brork forth, or discovered itself in those streams, until it had gain'd its hight ”

“ We were very desirous to have got some of this matter at the Spring head, but we could penetrate no more into it, then with ones finger into the palme of the hand. 'Tis likely, that some running may have been more yielding, than we found this. From this channel, but especially from that hole above it, issued great store of a strong sulfureous smoak, wherewith some of our company were at first almost stifled through inadvertency. About once in a quarter of an hour there would rise a pillar of smoak or ashes, but nothing comparable to the former ”