to imitate her felf, in giving like o- 

 dours to bodies extrearnly differing, 

 f or^ not yet to difmifs the fmell of 

 Musk, there is a certain Seed, which., 

 for the affinity of its odour to that 

 perfume 5 they call the Muskcfeedyzwd 

 indeed, having fome of it prefented 

 me by a Gentleman, that hacl newly 

 brought it from the Weft- Indies , I 

 found it, whilft 'twas frcfti, to have 

 a fr3grancy fuitable to the name that 

 was given it. There is alfo a fort of 

 Rats \n . Mnfcovy i whofe skins 5 

 whereof I have feen feveral, have a 

 fmell that has procured them the name 

 of Mmk^Rats. To which I know 

 not 5 whether we may not add the 

 mention of a certain fort of Ducks^ 

 which fome call MHsJ^Ducfy, becaufe 

 at a certain feafonof the year, if they 

 be chaf'd by violent motion, they 

 will under the wing emit a musky 

 in ftead of a fweaty fent $ which upon 

 trial I perceived to be true. On the 

 other fice, I have known a certain 

 Wood growing in the Indies, which, 

 cfpecially when the fent is excited by 



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