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: | Clay-water ; andthirdly, Watecupon Chalk ; Fourthly, that upon Sand ; 
| andworft of all, upon Mud. Neither may you truft, Warers that talte fweet, 
| forthey arecommonly found in Rifing-grounds of great Cities, which muft 
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| needs take in agreat dealof filth. 
P ~ > Mies i, J J : : . 
} ¥N Pera, and diyers parts of the Weft-indies, though under the Linc, the | 398. 
} Heats are not fo intolerable, as they be in: Barbarys and theSkirts of the } Experiment 
| Torrid Zone. The caufesare, ficlt, the great Brizes which the motion of the awn ey 
+ Z } Pk: : 7 touching the 
| Airin great Circles <fuch as are under the Girdle of the World) producceth, 
Temperate 
| which do refrigerate ; a:d therefore in thofe parts, Noonis nothing fo hot, ee 
} when the Brizes aregreat, asabout nine or:ten of theclock in the Fore- Beit e 
| noon. . Another caulcis, for that the length of the Night, and the Dews' | 
thereof, do compence the Heatof, the day. A third caufe is, the ftay of the | 
‘| Sun; not inre pe&t of day and night (for that we fpake of before) :bur in | 
| refpect of the Seafon: For under the Line, the Sun croffeth the Line, and | 
| maketh two Summers and two Winters ; butin the skirts of the Torrdd | 
‘| Zone, it doubleth and goeth back again, and fo maketh one long 
| Summer. ¢ 
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Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Coloration of 
Black and 
Tawny Moors. 
b He heatof the Sunmaketh Men black in fome Countreys, asin « Z- 
. eas and Guinny, oc Fire dothitnot as we fee in Glafs-Men, that are 
} continually about the Fire. The reafon may be, becaufe Fire doth lick up 
"| the Spirits and Blood of the Body, fo as they exhale; fo that it ever maketh 
| Menlook Pale and Sallow ; but the Sun which is agentler heat, doth but ' 
} draw the Blood to the outward parts, andrather concotethit, then foaketh 
it: And therefore, we fee that all c Athiopes are flefhly, plump, and have 
} great Lips. All which betoken moifture retained, and not drawn out. We 
}ieealfo, that the Negroes are bred in Coun'reys that have plenty of Water, 
‘| by Rivers or otherwife : For Vero, which was the Metropolis of cZthiopia, | 
‘| wasupona great Lake; and Congo, where the Negroes are, is full of Rivers. 
| And the confines of the River Niger, where the Negroes alfo are , are 
j well watered ; and the Region about Capo Verde is likewife moift, info- 
‘|much, asitis peftilent through moifture: Butthe Countreys of the 4by/- 
| fenes, and Barbary,and ‘Peru, wherethey are Tawney. and Olivatter, and Pale, 
are generally more fandy and dry. As for the Zthiopes, asthey are plump 
and flefhly, 10 (it may be) they are Sanguine and Ruddy coloured, if their 
| Black Skin would fuffer it tobe feen. ees 
| Ome Creatures do move agood while after their head is off, as Birds. | 
| Somea verylittle time, as Men andallBeafts. Some move, though cut | Exp 
Jin feveral pieces, as Snakes, Ecls, Worms, Flics, &c.  Firft, therefore it is | 5°! 
| certain, thatthe immediate caufe of Death, isthewefolution orextinguifh- | asorion afier 
j ment of the Spirits; and thatthe deftru@tion or corruption of the Organs, } the ‘nflans of 
tis but the mediate caufe. But fome Organs are fo peremptorily necellary, eek 
j that the extinguifhment of the Spirits doth {peedily follow ; but yetfo, as |. 
| there is an interim of afmall time. It is reported by one of the Ancients, of 
J credit, That a Sacrificed Beaft hath lowed after the Heart hath been fevered; 
3 it is areport alfo of credit, That the Head of a Pig hath been opened, 
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Experiment 
jand the Brain put into the Palm of a Mams Hand, trembling, without 
| breaking any part of it, or feyering itfrom the Matrow of the Back-bone: 
during which time, the Pig hathbees, inall appearance, ftark dead, and 
Without motion: And after a {mall ae the Brain hath been neers ee, 
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