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a Phenomenon that agrees very well 

 with the Mechanical Do&rine con- 

 cerning Odours* though it do not de- 

 monftrate it. For, when I have had' 

 the curiofity to vifit divers of thofe 

 Civet- Cats 5 (as they call them)though 

 they have heads liker Foxes than 

 Cats 5 I obferved, that a certain de- 

 gree of Laxity (if I may (b ftyle it) 

 of the odorous Atmofphere was 

 requifite to make the fmell fragrant. 

 For when I was near the Cages^ 

 where many of them were kept to- 

 gether., or any great VefTei ful^ 

 Civet <> the fmell ( probably by 

 plenty, and perhaps the over-briS 

 motion of the effluvia,) was rathe? 

 rank and ofFenfive than agreelble 5 \ 

 whereas, when I removed into the 

 next room, or to fome other conve- 

 nient diftance, the fteams (being lefs 

 crowded^ nd farther from their foun- 

 tain 5 ) prefented themfelves to my 

 Noftrills under the notion of a Per- 

 fume. 



And 5 not to difmifs this our Eleventh 

 Experiment without touching once 



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