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timate cause of it, nor consisting in motion ; but common : not a genus, 

 yet appertaining to one. It is independent of conjunction and disjunction ; 

 not the cause of them, nor itself endued with qualities. 



Twenty-four are enumerated. Seventeen only are, indeed, specified in 

 Canadu's aphorisms ;* but the rest are understood. 



1. Colour. It is a peculiar quality to be apprehended only by sight ; 

 and abides in three substances ; earth, water, and light. It is a characte- 

 ristic quality of the last ; and, in that, is white and resplendent. In water 

 it is white, but without lustre. In the primary atoms of both, it is perpe- 

 tual ; in their products, not so. In earth it is variable ; and seven colours 

 are distinguished : viz. white, yellow, green, red, black, tawny (or orange),t 

 and variegated. The varieties of these seven colours are many, unenume- 

 rated. The six simple colours occur in the atoms of earth ; and the seven, 

 including variegated, in its double atoms, and more complex forms. The 

 colour of integrant parts is the cause of colour in the integral substance. 



'2. Savour. It is a peculiar quality, to be apprehended only by the organ 

 of taste ; and abides in two substances, earth and water. It is a characte- 

 ristic quality of the last ; and in it is sweet. It is perpetual in atoms of 

 water ; not so in aqueous products. In earth it is variable ; and six sorts 

 are distinguished : sweet, bitter, pungent, astringent, acid, and saline. 



3. Odour. It is a peculiar quality, to be apprehended only by the organ 

 of smell ; and abides in earth alone, being its distinguishing quality. In 

 water, odour is adscititious, being induced by union with earthy particles ; 

 as a clear crystal appears red by association with a hollyhock, or other 

 flower of that hue. In air also it is adscititious : thus a breeze, which has 

 blown over blossoms, musk, camphor, or other scented substances, wafts 

 fragrant particles of the blossoms, &c. The flowers are not torn, nor the 

 musk diminished, because the parts are replaced by a reproductive unseen 

 virtue. However, camphor and other volatile substances do waste. 



Two sorts of odour are distinguished, fragrance and stench. 



4.. Feel, and especially temperature. It is a peculiar quality, to be appre- 

 hended only by the skin or organ of feeling. It abides in four substances ; 

 earth, water, light, and air ; and is a characteristic quality of the last. 



• Can. 1. 1. 2. 2. and 1. 1. 4. 2. 



f One commentator (Mddh.) specifies blue in place of orange; another (Gau.) omits botli, 

 reducing the colours to six. 



