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may bury the Bodies fo, as Earth may touch them: As if you will make Ar- 

 tificial Porcellane&c.knd the like you may do for Confervationjt the Bodies 

 be Hard, and Solid^ As Clay, Wood, &c. But if you intend Preservation 

 of Bodies, more Soft and Tender, then you mufl doe one of thefe two : Ei- 

 ther you muft put them in Cafes, whereby they may not touch the Earthy 

 Or elfe you muft Fault the Earthy whereby it may hang over them, and not 

 touch them-, For if the Earth touch them-, it will do more hurt, by the Moi- 

 fture, caufing them to putrifie, than good by the virtuall Cold, to confer ve 

 them-, Except the Earth be very Drie, and Sandy. 



An Orenge, Limmon, and Apple, mapt in a Linnen Cloth,being buried for 

 a Fortnights Space, foure Foot deep within the Earth, though it were in 

 a Moift Place, and a Rainy Time, yet came forth, no wayes mouldie, or 

 Rotten, but were become a little harder than they were Otherwife frefh in 

 their Colour •, But their Juyce fomewhat flatted. But with the Bur tail of a 

 Fortnight more they became Putrified. 



A Bottle of Beer, buried in like manner,as before,became more lively ,bet- 

 ter tafted, and Clearer, than it was. And a Bottle of Wine in like manner. A 

 Bottle of Vinegar, fo buried, came forth more lively, and more Odoriferous, 

 fmelling almoft like a Violet. And after the whole Moneths Buriall, all the 

 Three came forth, as frefh and lively, if not better than before. 



It were a profitable Experiment, to preferve Orenges,Limmons,md Pomgra- 

 nates, till Summer For then their Price will be mightily increafed. This 

 may be done, if you put them in a Pot or Veflel, well covered, that the 

 Moifiure of the Earth come not at them Or elfe by putting them in a Con- 

 fervatory of Snow. And generally, whofoever will make Experiments oiCold, 

 let him be provided of three Things^ A Conservatory of Sn om% A good large 

 Vault, twenty foot at leaft under the Ground-, And a Deep Well, 



There hath been a Tradition, that Pearl, and Cor all, and Surchois- Stone, 

 that have loft their Colours, may be recovered by Burying in the Earth: 

 Which is a thing of great profit, if it would fort .• But upon T nail of Six 

 Weeks Buriall, there followed no fcffecl:. It were good to trie it,in a Deep 

 Well; Or in a Con fervatory of Snow, where the Cold may be more Conftrm- 

 gent-, And fo make the Body more united, and thereby more reiplendent. 



MEns Bodies are heavier, and lefle difpofed to Motion , when Southern 

 Winds blow, than when Northern. The Caufe is, for that when the 

 Southern Winds blow, the Humours do ( in fome Degree) melt, and waxe 

 fluid, and fo flow into the Parts ; As it is feen in Wood , and other Bodies, 

 which when the S outhern Winds blow, do fwell. Befides, the Motion and 

 Activity of the Body confifteth chiefly in the Sinews, which, when the 

 Southern Wind bloweth, are more relax. 



IT is commonly feen, that more are Sick in the Summer, and more Dye in 

 the Winter-, Except it be in Pejlilent Difeafes, which commonly raign in 

 Summer , or Autumne. The Reafon is, becaufe Difeafes are bred ( indeed ) 

 chiefly by Heat; But then they are Cured moft by Sweat, and Purge-, which 

 in the Summer cometh on, or is provoked, more Eafily As for Pejlilent 

 Difeafes, the Reafon why moft Dye of them in Summer, is becaufe they are 

 bred moft in the Summer - 7 For otherwife thofe that are touched are in moft 

 danger in the Winter. 



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