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rial Compofitions or Preparations^ 

 but found it not eafie, beforehand 

 to be affured of the fuccefs of fuch 

 Trials : And therefore I (hall content 

 my felf here to mention three or four • 

 Inftances, that, except the firft, are 

 rather Obfervations than fuch Ex- 

 periment^ as we are fpeaking of. 



I remember then, that, making 

 fpme Trials to alter the fenfible Qua- 

 lities of Smell, Taft, &e* of Oil of 

 Vitriol, and Spirit of Wine, I obtai- 

 ned from them, among other things 

 that fuited with my defign, a certain 

 Liquour 5 which, though at firft plea- 

 fant, would, at a certain njck of time, 

 make one that had it in his mouth 

 think it had been imbued with Gar- 

 lick. 



And this brings into my mind, that 

 a skilful perfon, famous for making 

 good Sider, coming one day to ad-> 

 vile with me, what he fhould doe tot 

 heighten the taft of it, and make it 

 keep the longer, complained to me, 

 that having, among other trials, put 

 into a good Veflel full of juice of 



