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}ters it is fofr; and green of colour; but being broughrinto the Air, it be- | 
Teometh hard, and thining red; as we fee. Itis faid alfo to have a white | 
Berry, but we finde it not brought over withthe Coral: Belikeit is caftaway 
jas nothing worth. Idquire better of it, forthe difcovery of the Narure of 
| the Plant. 
; SHe (Manna of Calabria is the belt, and in moft ptenty. Toey gather it 
from the Leaf of the CM¥ulberry-tree 5 but not ot fach CVMulberry-trees as 
} srow inthe Valleys: And A¢anna taileth upon the Leaves by night, as other 
/Dewsdo. Itfhould feem, that before thofe Dews come upon Trees in che 
| Valleys, they diffipace andcannothold out. It fhould {eem alfo, the Mul- 
} Berry-leaf it felf hath fome coagulating virtue; which infpiffareth the Dew; 
} for that it is notfound upon other Trees : And we fee by the Silk worms 
| which feedeth upon that Leaf, what adainty fmooth Juice ithath; and the 
) Leaves allo efpecially of the Black Mulberry) are fomewhat briftly, which 
| may helptopreferve the Dew. Certainly, it were not amifs toobferve a lit- 
| tle better the Dews that fallupon Trees or Herbs growing on Adountains ; for 
| itmay be, many Dews fall thar fpend béfore they come tothe Valleys. And 
|i fuppofe, that he that would gather the belt AZy Dew for Medicine; fhould 
| gather it ftom the Hills. : pe 
i¢ is faid, they have amanner to prepare their Greek Wines, to keep them 
} # from FumingandInebriating, by adding fome Sulphur or Alum; whereof 
j the one is Un&uous, and the other is Aftringent. And certain it is, that 
| thofe two Naturesdoreprefs the Fumes. This Experiment would be tranf- 
| ferred unto other. Wine and Strong-Beer, by putting in (ome like Subftances 
Z. they work; which may makethem bothto Fume lefs, and to inflame 
| fefs. me : 
| li is conceived by fome,. (aot imiprobably) that the reafon why Wild- 
| & fires (whereof the principal ingredient is Bitumen) do not quench with 
| Warer, is, for thatthe fir concretion of Bisumen, is a mixture of afiery and 
| Watry fubftance: fois not Sulphur. This appearetrh, for that in the place near 
| Pareoli, which they call the Court of Vulcad, you fhall hear under the 
{Earth a horrible thundring of Fire and Water conflidting together s and 
\thete break forth alfo Spouts of boiling Water. Now that place yield. 
{eth great quantities of Bitumen; whereas c Ztna, and Vefuviw, andthelike, 
{whichconfit upon Sulphur, fhoot forth Smoak, and Afhés, and Pumice; 
jburcno Water. ItYsreported alfo, that Bitumen mingled with Lime, and put 
}utder Water, will make,as it were,an artificial Rock; the fubftance becometh 
| fo hatd. 
ey Here is aCernent compounded of Flower, Whites of Eggs, and Stone: 
} B powdted; that becometh hard asMarble, wherewith Pifcina Adirabilés, 
ear Cuma, is faidto have the Walls plaiftered. And itis certain, and tried, | 
that the Powder of Load-ftone and Flint, by theaddition of Whites of Eggs | 
fof a Stone, 
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marine Plant, it hath no leaves, it brancheth onely when it is under Wa- | Experiment | 
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jand Gum- dragon, made into Pafte; willina few days harden tothe hardnefs azarbie 
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780: | 
Solttary, 
fous hing he 
Growth of 
Coral. 
781. 
Experiment 
Olitary, 
touching the 
Gathering of | 
Manna, 
8%. 
Experiment 
Solitary, _ 
touching the 
Corrcéting of 
ine. | 
733- 
Experiment 
Solitary, _ 
touching the 
Materials of 
Wildfire, 
784. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Plaifer grow- 
ing as hard as 
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