eo ry Se 
Natural Fiiftory ; 
Mott Odors fmell beft, broken, or crufht,as hath been (aid ; but Flowe id 
preffed or beaten, do lofe che frefhnefs and fweetnels of their Odor. The 
caufe is, for that whenthey are crnfhed, the groffer and more carthy Spitit | 
cometh out withthe Fimer,and troublethit ; whereas inftronger Odors there | 
are no fuch degrees of the iffuc of the fmell, ” jo 
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J ! ay 
T is athing of very good ule, to difcover the goodnefs of Waters. Bis 
if tafte to thofe that, drink Water onely doth fomewhat: But other Expe- 
riments are more fure. Firft, try Waters by weight, wherein you may | 
finde fome difference, though not much: And thelighter, you may account| 
the better. , ET 
- Secondly, Try them by boiling upon an equal fire ; and that which con. | 
fumeth away fafteft, you may account the beft. is ; 
Thirdly, Try them in feveral Bottles or open Veffels, matches in every, 
thing elfe, and fee which of them laft longeft without {tench or corruptions 
~ | and that which holdeth unputrified longeft, you may likewife account the |} 
| beft. | edi : a 
Fourthly, Try them by making Drinks, ftronger or fmaller, withthe | 
fame quantity of Malt s and you may conclude, that thar Water, which | 
maketh the ftronger Drink, isthe more concoéted and nourifhing ; though 
perhaps it benot fo good for Medicinal ufe. And fuch VVater (commonly) |” 
is the VVater of large and navigable Rivers; and likewife in large and clean 
Ponds of ftanding VVater: For'upon both.them, the Sun hathmore power 
than upon Fountains, or fmall Rivers, And I conceive, that Chalk-wateris. ; 
next them the beft, for going furtheft in Drink. For thatalfohelpeth con. |) 
coétion, foit be out of adetp VVell ; for then ircureth therawnefs of the i 
VVater; but Chalky-water towards the top of the Earth, is too fretting , 
as it appeateth in Laundry of Cloaths, which wear outapace, if you ufe fich 
| VVaters. : H 
Fifthly, The Houfwives do findea difference in Waters, for the bear- |) 
ing or not bearing of Soap ; and. itis likely, that the more fat water will } 
beat Soap beft, forthe hungry water doth kill the un@uous nature of the | 
‘Soap of i 
j 
gouching the 
Goodnefs and 
Choice of 
Water. 
392.6 
393- 
(394s 
395> 
Sixthly, You may make ajudgment of Waters according tothe place, | 
whence they {pring or come. The Rain-wateris by the Phyfitians efteemea | 
the fineft and the beft ; but yet it is faid to putrifie fooneft, which is 
likely , becaufe of the: fineneft of the Spirit ; and in Confervatories of | 
Rain—water, (fuch as they have in Penéce, @c ) they are found not fol 
choice Waters ; (the worfe perhaps ) becaufe they are covered aloft A | 
and kept from the Sun, Snowewater is held unwholefome, infomuch, as | | 
the people that dwell at the Foot of the Snow Mountains, or otherwife | | 
upon the afcent, (efpecially the WVomen) by drinking of Snow-water, ft. 
have great bags hanging under their Throats. _VVell VVater, except it be | 
upon Chalk, or avery plentiful Spring maketh Meat red, which isan ill fign. | 
Springs on the tops of high Hills are the beft;_ for both they feem to have 
| a Lightnefs and Appetite of Mounting ; and befides, they are moft pure and 
unmingled: And again are more percolated through a great {pace of Barth. 
For VVaters in Valleys, joyn in effe& under ground with all, VVaters of the 
fame Level s whereas Springs on the tops of Hills, pafs through a great 
of pute Earth with lefs mixture of other VVaters. aan 
396. Seventhly, Judgment may be made of Waters by the Soyl whereu on 
_| the VVaterrunneth, as Pebbleis the eleaneft and beft tafted; and next 
306. 
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