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that this doth not. only prevent the Fuftinefs, but conferveth the Greenefs, and flack- | 
eth the Deficcation of it. The Caufe isthat which we noted before, That the difcharge- a 
ing of the VVatry hamonr, which is quickned by the AMorionand the Vinds, preferves | a 
the Oxy humour in his being, which otherwife would fly out together with the VVatr. | 
humour. Alfo in fome Mountains, where the 4ér is very pure, dead Carkafes may be | 
keptfor a good while without any great decay. mm z 
- Fratts, as Pomegranates, (itrons, Apples, vears, and the like; alfo Flowers, as Fofes a 
Lilies, may be kept a long time in Earthen Veffels clofe ftopped : howfoever, they are 
not free fromthe injuries of the outward 4ir, which will affe@ them with his unequal | 
Temper through thefides of the Veffel, as it is manifeft in heatand cold. Therefore 
it-will be good to {top the mouths of the Veflelscarefully , and to bury «them Within | 
the Earth ; and it willbe as goodnot to bury them in the Earth, but to fink them in the | 
Vater, {o asthe place be fhady, as in P/ells or CiSterns placed within doors : but thofe | — 
that be funkin Water willdo better in Glafsveflels than in Earthen. WA bort a 
Geiacrally thofe things which are kept in the Earth, or in Vaalts under ground, or} - 
in the bottom of a Well, will preferve their frefhnefs longer than thofe things that are, 
keptabove ground. Maaco Fe 
They fay ivhath been obferved, that in Conferdatories of snow (whether they were } 
in Mountains, in natural Pits, orin Wells made by Art for that purpofe) an pple, or} 3 
Chef-nut, or Nut, by chance falling in, after many months ; when the Sxow hath } . 
melted, hath been found in the svowas frefh and fair as if it had been gatnered the day | -— 
before. | AS fe 
Country people keep Clu/ters of Grapes in Afeal, which though it makes them lefs- t 
pleafant to the tafte, yet it preferves their moiftureand frefhnefs, — Alfo the harder fort 
of Fruits may be kept long, not onely in Afeal, but alfoin Saw-duft,and in heaps of Corn. 
There is an opinion held, that sodses may be preferved frefh in £270rs of their own 
kind, as in their proper Menffrua; as,to keep Grapes in Wine,Olivesin Oz. ey 
Pomegranates and Quinces are kept long, being lightly dipped in Sea-water or Salt. 
water,and foonafter taken out again, and then driedin the open 477,fo itbe inthe Shade. | — 
Bodies put in ne, Oil, or the Lees of oul, keeplong; muchmore in Hony or Sperie 
of Wine; butmoft of all, asfomefay, in Quick-filver. ' 
Fruits inclofed in Wax, Pitch, Plaifter, Paffe, or any the like Cafe or Covering, | ~ 
keepercen very long. ; i 
It is manifeft that Fires, Spiders, Ants,or the like {mall creatares, falling by chance into ia 
Amber, or the Gams of Trees, and fo finding a burial inthem, do never after corrupt or | ‘] 
rot, although they be foftand tender Bodies. ‘ 
Grapes arc kept long by being hanged up in Puaches : the fame is of other Frits. For | i 
there is a two-fold Commodity of this thing: the one, that they are kept without pref- | 
fing or bruifing, whichthey muft needs fuffer if they were laid upon any hard fubftamce; | — 
the other, that the 4r doth encompafs them on every fide alike. LED 
It is obferved that Putrefattion, no lefs than Deficcation in Vegetables, dotlr not begin 
in every part alike, but chicfly in that part where, being alive, it did attract noutith- | — 
ment, ‘Therefore fome advife to cover the ftalks of Apples or other Fruits with Wax | 
or Pitch. ae ee 5, 
Great Wicks of Candles or 1 amps do fooner confume the Tallow or Os! than lefler | 
Flame moved and fanned witht)se Wind fooner than that which is ffi: And therefore yj 
Candles {erin a Lanthorn will lat longer than in the open azar. There isa Fradition, that | 
Lamps fet in Sepulcbres will laft an ncredible time. nelcomt “ih 
The Nature alfo and Preperation of the N orifvment conduceth no lefs to the lafing 
of Lamps and Candles, than the nature of the Flame ; for Wax will laft longer than i 
Tallow, and Tallow a little wet Yonger t' an Tallow day, and Wax candles old made 
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longer than Wax-candles new made. Se 
Trees, if you ftir the Earth about their Root every year, will continue lefs time ; | 
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if once in four, or perhaps in ten years, much longer: alfo carting off the Swekers and | 
young Shoots will make them live the longer - but Danging them, or laying of % arl | 
about their Roots, or much Watering them, .adds totheir fertility, but cuts off : 
their long lafting. And thus much touching the Probibiting of Deficcation or 
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