sold, is truly worthy of Observation; for these are so far from producing
more Ale or Beer, that they absorb and drink part of it up.

In Grinding Malts he notifies well to prevent a foul Drink.

The quantity he allows is something above thirteen Bushels to the Hogshead
which is very sufficient; but this as every body pleases.

The Choice of Liquors or Waters for Brewing, he says, is of considerable
advantage; and so must every body else that knows their Natures and loves
Health, and pleasant Drink: For this purpose, in my Opinion, the Air and
Soil is to be regarded where the Brewing is performed; since the Air
affects all things it can come at, whether Animal, Vegetable or Mineral,
as may be proved from many Instances: In the Marshes of _Kent_ and
_Essex_, the Air there is generally so infectious by means of those low
vaesy boggy Grounds, that seldom a Person escapes an Ague one time or
other, whether Natives or Aliens, and is often fatally known to some of
the _Londoners_ and others who merrily and nimbly travel down to the Isles
of _Grain_ and _Sheppy_ for a valuable Harvest, but in a Month's time they
generally return thro' the Village of _Soorne_ with another Mien. There is
also a little _Moor_ in _Hertfordshire_, thro' which a Water runs that
frequently gives the _Passant_ Horses that drink of it, the Colick or
Gripes, by means of the aluminous sharp Particles of its Earth; Its Air is
also so bad, as has obliged several to remove from its Situation for their
Healths: The Dominion of the Air is likewise so powerful over Vegetables,
that what will grow in one Place won't in another, as is plain from the
Beech and Black Cherry Tree, that refuse the Vale of _Ailesbury_ tho' on
some Hills there, yet will thrive in the _Chiltern_ or Hilly Country: So
the Limes and other Trees about _London_ are all generally black-barked,
while those in the Country are most of them of a Silver white. Water is