SECT'. IIL A E R. 215 



aquis mineralibus C 5 ) exhalat, animalia continuo enccat? atque in Ger- 

 mania occafionem dedit excogitandis dsemonibus. 



Scd in cjufmodi pariter fbdinis , carbonariis aliifque , vapor ctiam non 

 inflammabiUs, perinde tamen funclbs reperitur [r], qui excitato igne 

 diflipatur ( r) , & 'poft aliquod temporis intervallum renafcLtur ( t ). 



Mineralis etiam prolapiae eft , nondum penitus intellectus vapor caver- 

 narum, paflim per calidiorem Europam cclcbrium , in Italia ( iO ? Sc cir- 

 ca Vefuvium [x] inprimis ardentcm , tamen frequentior , quem vocant 

 mephitidem. Plerumque humilis [>] unduofus [z] eft vapor , qui in ac- 

 re fc minime elcvet, neque aut gravior, aut levior [a] aUo aere [/O 

 aut caUdior [c] 6c abfque fulphure ft (tO > &: demum non fatcat (/;, 

 neque alcaUnam neque acidam naturam prodat Igjti- fapore demum de- 

 ftituarur[A] 6c flammam tamcn exlUnguat [i]. 



Hujufmodi mephitides creduntur aeris elaterem deftruere [ fe ] , ut pul- 

 mo certe coUabatur ( /) , &. fonus in co vapore pcreat ( jn ) , & in refpi- 

 rantehominefenfumfaciat, quafi ex vacuo r.er traheretur («) , 6c fubito (0) 



Dd 3 ^'^'ff^- 



(q) Ex aquis Porrsttanis Conm. Bomn. T. IV. p. 283. 



(r) I' o \v E R ibid. 



(s) coni". TiLLv p. 103. de vapore infiammabili. 



(1) Le MoNNlER iiHid Cassini M.f. de la tare. p. CXCVII. 



(:;) Lcon a Capoa toto \. ddk Mofeite. Cardan. de jer. iranfmuut p. 205. 



(x) Capoa Koffciie p. 24. {bil. travf n. 4JJ. HiJ}. dtt M. Veftive , D. du Caftera. 



(y) CoNNOR de .\mr. kthifer. Rai topogr. ohfru. p. 17J. Sauvages acl. U^ful. 1741. 

 Mead of pcfsns. Blainville tr.ivcls i'. 111. p. 385. HiJ}. du Vffuxe. 



( z ) ADDisoN, iii uincre [talo. Letters oj a Joting P.unier. 



(a) Lcvioiem eiTc ctedeijac J12o nn OR, c^ de i^iimjntano antri vapore creJt Keislerus, 

 eifi ilte diverfus eR. 



(t)MEAD hydrargyri ariJumento : Addison itinerary p. 140. 141. Graviorem cred.is 

 elTe , cum fo non cievet de C a po a T. I. p. X71. Fiifrms CAndela; in eo derccndit 1! L a i N vi lle. 



( c ) Ad J^ "^^loris ebuUientis ptoie Puam Cocchi hagni di l'ifa p. ji. No 1 cilet Ipecus ca- 

 iiina L. a (IaPoa mOjf. p. 31. M-,n. des fuvans etratgas T. II. p. (S14. 01 J, M^m. dj l' A- 

 tad. dcs fc. 17JO. p. 78. 



( e ) Addison. Letttrs of a P..:ni!r. 



(f) HijL dit Vifuve. Serao apad Condamine h:J. d: l' Acad, 17J7. 



(g) Mim. d; l'.iciid. l^je p. 71. leqq. 



( /j ) In hiji du Vijiive Cl. S E r a o negat faporem haberc. 



(i) Hauge*!OT Mttnoir. de Montp.i^^^. de mcphitice ad Cro's , B l a in vi ll tj de canis 

 antro. De eodem Lettcrs of a Painter. 



(fe) Mead of pifjns c. 6. Blainville. Acr ia fcntina elat;rem amittit , & t.trdius in 

 eo Cimpanae vibrant Hales vinttiiu.T. II. p. 120. 



(/) Mead ibid '■. 193. 



(in) Salvages ff.is cCe rair p. J4. 



(n) Eradley n.u; improv. of Jrriculture de fpecu Arvernis p? 157. Mew. de 17J0. p. 78. 

 de Ipecu canina. 



(«) Vna rcfpiratione occidir Aret^us Aait, L. I. c. 7, 



