? Ceniury LV. 
&c. But thefe two ways of Verfion of Water into Oyl, (namely, by | 
Mixture and by Affimilation) are by many Paflages, and Percolations, and | 
by continuance of foft Heats, and by circuits of Lime. ' 
The third is inthe Inception of Putrefaction; asin Water'corrupted, | 
and the Mothers of Waters diftilled, both which have a kinde of Fatne(s 
‘or Ovi. - : ; ei | 
; s The fourth is in the Dulcoration of fome Metals; as Saccharum Sa- | 
parni, Oc. . a f' . 
i The Intenfion of Verfion of Water into amore Oyly fubftance is by | 
: D igeftion: For Oy] is almoft nothing elfe but Waterdigefted and this 
} Digeftion is principally by Heat ; which Heat muft be either outward or 
Jinward. Again, Jt maybe by Provocation or Excitation, which is caufed 
| by the mingling of Bodtes already Oyly or Digeited, for they will fome- 
}wvhat communicate their Nature with the reft. Digeftion alfois ftrongly | 
JeffeGed by dire& Affimilation of Bodies Crude into Bodies digefted ; as in | 
} Plants and Living Creatures, whofe nourifhment is far more Crude than | 
{theirBodies. But this Digeftion is bya great compl ashath been faid. As | 
| forthe more full handling of thefe two principles,’ whereof this is but a | 
|talte; (the enquiry of which, is one of the profoundeft enquiries of Na- | 
\ture.) weleave it tothe titleof Verfion of Bodies; andlikewife tothetitle } 
of the Firft Congregations of Matter, which like a General Affembly of | 
ftates, doth give Law toall Bodies. Pa tt bali | 
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|) A Chamelion is a Creature about the bignefs of an ordinary Lizard , his 
360. | 
‘Experiment 
Solitary, 
touchifig 
Chamélions; 
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1, A Head unproportionably big, his cyes great; he moveth his Head 
Without the writhingof his Neck (whichis inflexible) as a Hog doth: His 
Back crooked, his Skin {potted with little Tumors, lefs eminent nearer 
‘|the Belly, his Tail {lender and long on cach Foot he hath five Fingers ; 
; . hree on the outfide, and two onthe infides his Tongue of amarvellous 
| ength, in refpect of his Body, and hollow at the end, which he will | 
Ylanch out to prey upon Flies. Of colour Green, ‘and of a dusky Yal- 
low, brighter and whiter towards the Belly, -yet {potted with Blew, 
White, and Red. If he be Jaidupon Green, the Green predominateth; 
‘Jif upon Yellow, the Yellow ; not fo, if hebe laid upon Blew, or Red, or | 
White, onely the Green fpots receive a more orient luftre ; laid upon | 
| Black, he looketh all Black, though not without amixtureof Green. He | 
f feedeth not onely upon Air, (though that be his principal fuftenance;) for 
}fometimes he taketh Flies, aswas faid; yet fome thathave kept Chamelions | 
is wholeyear together, could never perceive that ever they fed upon. any }. 
}thing elfe but Air, and might obferve their Bellies to fell after they had } 
exhaufted the Air, and clofed their Jaws, which they open commonly} — ” 
againft the Rayes of the Sun. They have a foolifh Tradition in Magick, } _ 
that if a Cramelion be burntupon thetop of an Houfe, itwill raife a Tempett, | 
fuppofing (according to their vain Dreams of Sympathies)becaufe he nou-} 
fitheth with Air, his Body thould have great vertue to make impreffion } 
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' pon the Air. 
| Tis reported by one of the Ancients, that in part of a7édie, there are é- 
A tuptions of Flames out of Plains, and that thofe Flames are clear. and 
caftnot forth {ach fmoak, and{afhes, and pumice, as Mountain Flamesdo. 
The reafon (nodoubt) is, beeaufe the Flame isnot pent, as it is in Moun- 
fains, and Earthquakes whichcaftFlames There be alfo fome blinde Bee Fires 
361. 
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