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though that Conftitution were intro- 

 duced by fuch unlikely means y as 

 Gombuftion and Putrefa&ion them- 

 felves. In Confirmation of which, 

 I (hall fubjoyn in the infuing account 

 a notable, though cafual, Phenome- 

 non, that occurr'd to a couple of 

 VirtuopxA my Acquaintance, 



An eminent Profeffor of Mathe- 

 maticks affirmed to me 5 that, chan- 

 cing one day in the heat of Summer 

 with another Mathematician (who I 

 remember was prefent when this was 

 told) to pafs by a large Dunghil that 

 was then in Lincolns^Inn-fidds^ when 

 they came to a certain diftance from 

 it, they were both of them furprized 

 to meet with a very ftrong fmeli of 

 Musk, (occafioned, probably, by a 

 certain degree or a peculiar kind of 

 Putrefa&ion,) which each was for a 

 while fhy of taking notice of, for 

 fear his Companion (hould have 

 laughed at him for it} but, when they 

 came much nearer the Dunghill, 

 that pleafing fmell was fucceeded by 

 a ftink proper to fuch a heap of Ex* 

 B 4 crements* 



