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‘tcome to fuch a finenefs, as ferveth the ordinary ufe; they try no, 
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JegoHere have been found cértain Cements urider Earth, thatarevery foft, 850: 
T and yet taken forth in:othe Sun; harden as hard as Marble: There are eaosprne 
Jalfo ordinary Quarries in Sommerfer-shire, which inthe Quarry cut foft to focal 
any bignefs, andin the Building prove firm, and hard. | Cements and 
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Tying Creatures (generally) do change the'r Hair with Age, turning to_ 8516 
| By be Gray and White; as is feen in Aen, though fome earlier, fome Exrenmen 
‘|later; in orfes, thatare Dappled and turn White ; in Old Squirrels, that turn route 
| Grifly, and many others. So do fome Birds; as Cygnets from Gray turn erat 
| White; Hawks. from Brown turnmore White: And fome Sirds there be, Te 
| that upon their Moulting, do turn Colour ; as Robin- Redbrefts, after their | Feathers. 
‘| Moulting grow to be Red again bydegrces ; fo do Gold-Finches upon the 
‘| Head. The caufe is, for that Moifture doth (chiefly) colour Hair, and Fea- 
| thers; and Drynefs turneth them Grayand White; now Hairin Age wax- 
eth Dryer, fo do Feathers. Asfor Feathers, after Moulting, they are young 
| Feathers, and fo all oné as the Feathers of young Birds. So the Beard is 
younger than the Hair of the Head, and doth (for the moft part) wax hoary 
later. Out of this pround,’a Man may devife the Means of altering the co. 
lour of Birds,and the Retardation of Hoary-Hairs. But of thisfee the Fifto 
Experiment. . 
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| oP He difference betweet Asse and Female, in {ome Creatures, is nottobe| 852. 
difcerned, otherwife than inthe partsot Generation ; as in Horfesand Serie 
| Mares, Dogs and Bitches, Doyeshe and fhe, and others. But‘fome differ in Be chivgehe 
magnitude, and that diverfly : Forinmoftthe Maleisthe greater, as in ALan, | Diferencesof | 
| Pheafants, Peacocks, Turkies, andthe like ; and infome few, asin Hawés, the a aera 
Female.Some differ in the Hairand Feathers, bothin the quantity,crifpation, land Female. | 
and colours of them ; as He-Lions are Hirfuite, and have great Mains; the 
She’s arefmooth like Cas. Bulls are more ctifpupon the Forehead than Cows ; 
the Peacock, and Phefant-cock,and Goldfinch-cock, have glorious and fine colouiis ; 
the Hens have not. Generally,the he’s in Birds have the faireft Feathers.Some 
differ indivers features ; as Buckshave Horns, Dees none; Rams have more | 
wreathed Horns than Evvs; Cocks have great Combs and Spurs, Hens little | 
ornone; BoarshavegreatFangs, Sovvs muchlefs; the Turkey-cock hath great | 
| and {welling Gills the Hewhathlefs ; A¢enhave generally deeper and ftronger | 
| voices than /Yomen. Some differ in faculty, as the Cockhamongtt Singing Birds, 
| arethe beft fingers. Thechief caufe of all thefe (no doubt) is, for that the 
| A4ales have more {trength of heat than the Females; which appeareth mani- 
| feftly in this, that all young Creatures Asses are like Females; and foare Eu: 
| nuchs, and Gelt Creatures of all kindes, liker Females: Now heat caufeth ereat- 
jnefs of growth, generally, where there is moifture enoughto work upon: 
| But if there be found in any ‘Creature (which is feen rarely) an over-great 
heat in proportion to the moifture, in them the Female is the greater; as 
| in Haveks and Sparrovys. And if the heat be ballanced with the moifture, 
then there is no difference to be feenbetween CWale and Female; as in the 
jinftances of Horfesand Dogs. We fee alfo, thatthe Horns of Oxen and Covys; 
\for the moft part, are larger than the Bulls, which is cauf:d by abundance 
of moifture, which inthe Horns of the Bull faileth, Again, Heat caufeth 
Pilofity, and Crifpation ; and folikewife Beards in Wen. Ic alfo expelleth 
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