CENTURY VIII. 23 



with oil and warm water. 1 The cause is, for that all 

 lassitude is a kind of contusion and compression of the 

 parts ; and bathing and anointing give a relaxation or 

 emollition ; and the mixture of oil and water is better 

 than either of them alone ; because water entereth 

 better into the pores, and oil after entry soften eth bet 

 ter. It is found also, that the taking of tobacco doth 

 help and discharge lassitude. The reason whereof is, 

 partly because by cheering or comforting of the spirits, 

 it openeth the parts compressed or contused ; and 

 chiefly because it refresheth the spirits by the opiate 

 virtue thereof, and so dischargeth weariness ; as sleep 

 likewise doth. 



731. In going up a hill, the knees will be most 

 weary; in going down a hill,- the thighs. 2 The cause 

 is, for that in the lift of the feet, when a man goeth 

 up the hill, the weight of the body beareth most upon 

 the knees ; and in going down the hill, upon the 

 thighs. 



Experiment solitary touching the casting of the skin 

 and shell in some creatures. 



732. The casting of the skin is by the ancients 

 compared to the breaking of the secundine, or caul ; 3 



1 Arist. Prob. v. 6. So Pindar, Nem. iv. : 



TTOVUV KEKpl/lEVUV 



larpof ai 6e aofyal 

 Moiauv $i&amp;gt;yarfpef uot6ai 

 &?J-av viv diTTo/ievai. 

 Ovds &ep/j.bv vdup TOGOV 

 ye 



awaopof. 

 Id. ib. v. 19. 8 Arist. Hist. Anim. viii. 17. 



