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opinion of phyMd.m , that these do strangely both strengthen 

 and n |;iir I IK: NpiritM." 



lii. We read ;ui ;HIIU in inn r.lolr m Fuller, who lived .'it 

 the name time with thu bimhop, in relation to thin suppoxed 

 nourinhing property of odours/ A poor man being very 

 hungry, ntuid 00 long in u cook'n Hhop, who wan dinning up 

 the meat, that his utomach was cuitiHficd with only thu smell 

 thereof. The choleric cook demanded of him to pay for hit* 



bn::ik!;is( ; tin: poor man denied h;ivin;j li;id ;iny ; and (In: 

 controverHy was referred to tin: <l< < IM of the next man 

 that should puns hy, who chanced to be the mont notorioun 

 idiot in the whole oily ; lie, on the r< -l.ilion of (he matter, 

 determined that the poor man's money whould be put between 

 two empty dishes, and that the cook should be recompensed 

 with the jingling of the money,* as he was satisfied with tho 

 cook's meat* 



18. (The sense of smell is closely associated with that of 

 taste./ It seems indeed as a sentinel standing on guard, to 

 see that no enemy approaches tho citadel ;[ it tells us whether 

 the aliment placed before UH, is agreeable or disagreeable: 



ofroiirse whether it will JHM'er or di:.;;im- with Hie .slomadi. 



The taste and the smell ore hardly ever at loggerheads ; it 

 does, however, sometimes happen that a substance that is re- 

 pugnant to tho smell, is agreeable to tho taste. In such a 

 case they soon come to an understanding, and the smell 

 chooses, to make the best of it, and drop its repugnance. At 

 any rate, its aversion, some way or other, is soon neutral- 

 ized. (The smell is, ho\\i v. r more useful to animals, as a 

 M-rilinel, lh:iu i! is In IM:IM, who < reason n more Hum a 

 in:ilrh lor Hie in., line! of the hrul.- rre.-iliois. In them, in- 

 deed, it rarely fails to guide aright. How wonderful is this 

 provimon which leads them with unerring certainty to choose 

 the innocent herb from the poisonous plant ; the nutritious 

 vegetable from that which in destitute of nutriment ; and to 



* Dunglitori'fl Physiology. 



