ATREATISE 



would winde him at a very great diftance, and would all runne 

 furioufl y out the way he was, and fiercely fall upon him ; which 

 made him goe alwayes well provided for them : and yet hee 

 hath been ibrnetimes hard put to it, by the fierce Maftifes there, 

 had ic not been tor Tome of'the fervants coming in to his re/cue; 

 who by the frequent happening of iuch accidents, were warned 

 to looke out when they obierved fo great commotion and fury 

 in the dogges, and yet perceived no prefentcaafe for it. War- 

 reners oblerve,that vermin will hardly come into a trap where- 

 in another of their kinde hath been lately killed : and the like 

 happeneth in Moufe-traps, into which no Moufe will come to 

 tate the baite, if a Moufe or two have already beene killed in ; 

 unlefle it be made very cleane, fo that no (cent of them remaine 

 upon the trap : which can hardly be done on the fudden other- 

 wile then by fire. 



It is evident, tkat thele eftefts are to be referred to an tcli- 

 vity of the object upon the fenfe ; for fome frnell of the skmnes, 

 or of the dead dogges, or of the vermine, or of the Mice, can* 

 notchoofe but remaine upon the men and upon the traps j which 

 being altered from their due nature and temper, muft needs 

 offend them. Their conformity on the one fide (for fbmthing 

 of the canine nature remaineth ) makcth them have eafie in- 

 greflion into them ; and fb they prefently make a deep imprefl 

 fion : but on the other fide , their diftemper from what they 

 fliould be, maketh the imprefsion repugnant to their nature, 

 and be difliked by them, and to affed them worfe, then if they 

 were of other creatures, that had no conformity with them : as 

 we may oblerve, that ftinkes oflend us more, when they are ac- 

 companied with fomc weake perfume, then if they fet upon us 

 fingle j for the perfume getteth the ftinke eafier admittance in- 

 to our lenfe: and mlike manner, it is faid that poylbrs are 

 more dangerous, when they are mingled with a cordiall that is 

 not able to rcfift them : for it ferveth to convey them to 

 the heart , though it bee not able to overcome their malig- 

 nitie. 



From hence then it followeth, that if any heaft or bird doe 

 prey upon fome of another kinde, there will be fbme fmell a- 

 boutthem., exceedingly noy fome to all others of that kinde: 



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