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Mortuum of a grayifh colour, which, 

 notwithftanding the ftrong imprefli- 

 on it had received from the fire, was 

 fo far from having any Empyreuma- 

 tical fent, that it had a pleafing one, 

 and when 'twas broken, fmelt almoft 

 like a fine Cake new bakedj^pd bro- 

 ken whilft yet warm. Ana as the 

 fire, notwithftanding the Empyreuma 

 it is wont to give to almoft all the 

 bodies it burns, may yet be reduced 

 to confer a good fmell on fome of 

 them, if they be fitted upon fuch a 

 contexture of their parts to emit 

 fleams of fuch a nature, C whatever 

 were the efficient caufe of fuch a con- 

 texture j) fo we obferve in the Musl^ 

 animal, that Nature in that Gat, or 

 rather Deer, (though it properly be- 

 long to neither kind,) produces Musk 

 by fuch a change, as is wont in other 

 Animals to produce a putrefa&ive 

 ftink. So that, provided a due con- 

 ftitution of parts be introduced into 

 a portion of matter, it may on that 

 account be endowed with noble and 

 defirable Sents, or other Qualities, 



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