194- THE PHILOSOPHY 



8. Of Touch united ivith Smelling. -^ 



On this fuppofitlon, the ftatue would perceive himfelf to be two 

 different beings, one that he could touch, and another which he 

 could not. When chance made him lay hold of an odorous body, 

 he would find that its fmell was ftronger or weaker, in proportion 

 as he brought the body nearer, or removed it farther from his face. 

 This experiment frequently repeated will give him the idea that 

 fmell proceeds from, or is a quality of bodies. By the fame means 

 he difcovers the organ of fmelling. From this fource his ideas con- 

 cerning the qualities of bodies are greatly extended. 



9. Hearing, Tajle, and Touching, united. 



. At firft our ftatue is totally occupied with this new fenfe, and be- 

 lieves himfelf to be the finging of birds, the noife of a cafcade, &c. 

 By the exercife, however, of handling fonorous bodies, or of letting 

 them fall, he perceives that found is produced by impulfe or collifion, 

 gradually difcovers this new organ, and that noife is a property of 

 bodies even at a diftance. 



ID. Of Sight united 'with all the other Senfes, 'o 



The eye conveys no idea of diftance, of magnitude, of figure, .or 

 of fituation, without the afliftance of touching. Either from chance, 

 or from the pain occafioned by too ftrbng a light, the ftatue carries 

 his hand to his eyes. The colours of objeds inftantly difappear. 

 He removes his hand, and the colours return. Hence he learns 

 1 that 



