^4 ©ftfje^ecfcanical 



crements. This puts me in mind of 

 adding, that., though the excrements 

 of Animals, and particularly their 

 fweat, are ufually foetid ; yet, that 

 'tis not the nature of an excrement, 

 but the conftitutions, that ufually 

 belong to them, make them fo, hath 

 feemed probable to me upon fome 

 Obfervations. For, not to mention, 

 what is related of Alexander the 

 Great, I knew a Gentleman of a 

 very happy Temperature of body, 

 whofe fweat, upon a critical exami- 

 nation, wherein I made ufe alfo of a 

 fur'prize, I found to be fragrant 5 

 which was confirmed alfo by fome 

 Learned men of my acquaintance, 

 and particularly a Phyfician that lay 

 with him. 



Though Civet ufually paffes for a 

 Perfume, and as fuch is wont to be 

 bought at a great rate} yet it feems to 

 be but a clammy excrement of the A- 

 nimal that affords it, which is fecreted 

 into Bags provided by Nature to 

 receive it. And I the rather men- 

 tion Civet> becaufe it ufually affords 



a Pfoe- 



/ 



