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impede it ; indeed it appears that combinjitions alreadv 

 begun can l^e destro\'ed hv movement wliether tempor- 

 ary or continuous. Knap is of tlie opinion that the 

 results of storing depend 

 on processes called in 

 Organic Chemistry 

 Combination, 

 Substitution, 

 Disintigrat- 

 ion and so on. 

 Consequenth'l 



in mixed per- "" " ij^raBl 'Wf'^-^'IM J',:d,„a i\,ivn<t 



fumes also changes should 

 take place during storage, so that the different 

 scents ma^' be effectualh- blended. The origin of Eau 

 de Cologne is disputed, and yet its in\'ention ma\' cer- 

 tainly be attributed to Joliann Maria Farina, an Italian 

 from Santa Maria Maggiore, near Domo d'Ossola, who 

 in the beginning of the eigliteenth century- carried on a 

 trade in perfumes and Colonial wares in Cologne. Not 

 until the middle of the same centur\- did Eau de Cologne 

 first come into general use and supplant the "Eau de la 

 Reine de Hongrie" or I lungarian Water. This was made 

 in much the same wa^■ but contained more Rosemary 

 oil, besides Oil of Roses and a trace of Peppermint oil. 

 The French, who held the Rhine provinces during the 

 Seven Years' War, ^vere chiefly instrumental in spreading 

 the use of Eau de Cologne. 



During our wanderings in the neighbourhood of Grasse 

 we saw a great man\' Jasmine plantations. From this we 



