of peftitential Bifeafes. 19 fall, the Inhabitants account it ihoft agree- able to their Soil, and conducive to Vege- tation* and Phyficians reckon it much the moft healthful for the Inhabitants* THE Heat of the Air alone, where it as conllant and uniform, does not appear to render Perfons born in it> or long ac- cuftomed to it, any more unhealthful, than that which is more temperate. Arifiotle * indeed fays, a hot and dry Southerly Wind will bring a peftilence ' but of fuch we have very few Inftances, efpecially on this Part of the Globe. There is in Livy (a) ah Ac- count of a Plague at Rome, from a great Drought; and Nlcefhoms (b) relates fuch another : But thele generally come from fbme other manifeft Caufes befides Heat^ and in Places not accuftomed to a dry Air. B XJ T a hot and moift Air is very diife-* rent. By Moift, is meant what arifes from fudden or long Rains. This is the Confu- tation of Air that mofi: Authors charge with being the greateft Instrument in Pe- B 1 fiilentUi
- Probl. 1.
(a) Lib. 1. Decad. 4, (b) Lib. 15. Cap. io*
