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30. What they effect concerning purging or clearing, 

 and infecting of the air, in plagues, sicknesses, and diseases 

 of beasts. 



31. What they effect concerning the conveying to us 

 things (which we call) spiritual, as sounds, rays, and the 

 like. 



From the powers of winds let the inquisition pass to the 

 prognostics of winds, not only for the use of predictions, 

 but because they lead us on to the causes : for prognostics 

 do either show us the preparations of things, before they be 

 brought into action ; or the beginnings before they appear 

 to the sense. 



Prognostics of winds. 



32. Let all manner of good prognostics of winds be care 

 fully gathered together (besides astrological ones, of which 

 we set down formerly how far they are to be inquired after), 

 and let them either be taken out of meteors, or waters, or 

 instincts of beasts, or any other way. 



Lastly, close up the inquisition, with inquiring after the 

 imitations of winds, either in natural or artificial things. 



Imitations of winds. 



33. Inquire of the imitations of winds in natural things ; 

 such as breaths inclosed within the bodies of living crea 

 tures, and breaths within the receptacles of distilling 

 vessels. 



Inquire concerning made gales, and artificial winds, as 

 bellows, refrigeratories, or coolers in parlours, or dining 

 rooms, &c. 



Let the heads or articles be such. Neither is it unknown 

 to me that it will be impossible to answer to some of these 

 according to the small quantity of experience that we have. 

 But as in civil causes, a good lawyer knows what interro 

 gatories the cause requires to have witnesses examined 

 upon ; but what the witnesses can answer he knows not. 

 The same thing is incident to us in natural history. Let 

 those who come after us endeavour for the rest. 



