i 5 6 



d\(aturali Hi/lory 



Naked, do not onely paint Themf elves-, but they pownce and raze their 

 Skin, that the Tainting may not be taken forth j And make it into Works'. 

 So do the Wefl I ndians j An d fo did the Ancient Pitts, and Britons 5 So $M 

 it feemeth, Men would have the Colours of &>rfj Feathers, if they could fcll 

 how, Or at leaft, they will iave Gay Skins, in ftead of Gay Clothes, - '1 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the Ufe 

 of Bathing and 

 Anointing. 



74° 



*'' 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Chamo- 

 letting oi Yet 

 per. 



741 



Experiment 

 Soliraiy tou- 

 ching Cutde- 

 ln\e. 

 ?4 2 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou* 

 ching Encreafe 

 of weight in 

 Earth. 



743 



Experiments 



in Confort, 



touching 



Skep. 



744 



JT is ftrangej that the ufe of Bathing, as a Part of Diet, is left. With the 

 Romans, and the Grecians, it was as ufual, as Eating, or Sleeping : And fo is 

 it amongft the Turkes at this day : Whereas with us it remaineth but as^ 

 Part of Pfofick. I am of Opinion, that the Ufe of it, as it was with the Ro~ 

 mans , was hurtful to Health ; For that it made the Body Soft ,andeafie to 

 Waftc. For the Turks it is more proper, becaufe of their Drinking Water, 

 and Feedingx^on &Vf 3 and other Food of fmall NouriiTiment,maketh their 

 Bodies fo Solidc, and Hard , as you need not fear that. Bathing fhould make 

 thtmF roathy. Befides, the Turks are great Sitter s,and feldom walk-, W here- 

 by they Sweat lefie,and need Bathingmote. But yet certain it is , that Ba- 

 thing, and efpecially Anointing, may be fo ufed , as it may be a great Help 

 to Health, and Prolongation of Life. But hereof we fhall fpeak in due Place? 

 when we come to handle Experiments Medicinal, 



THe f urks have a Pretty Art of Chamoletting of Paper, which is not with 

 us in ufe. They take divers Oiled Colours * and put them feverally (in 

 drops) upon Water- And ftirre the water lightly; And then wet their Paper, 

 (being of fome ThickneiTe,) with itj And the Paver will be Waved , and 

 Veined, like Chamolet, or Marble. 



TT is fomewhat Grange, that the Blond of all Birds , and Beafls , and Fijht 

 fhould be of a Red Colour , and onely the Bloud of the Cuttle fhould be 



and Fifhes, 



onely the Bloud of the Cuttle fhould be as 

 Black as l/.ke. A Man wculd think , that the Caufe fhould be the High Con- 

 collion of that Bloud ; For we fee in ordinary Puddings,that the Boiling turn- 

 eth the Bloud to be Black; And the Cuttle is accounted a delicate Meat, and 

 is much in Requefr. 



TT is reported of Credit, that if you take Earth , from Land adjoyning to 

 the River of Nile ; And prefer ve it in that manner, that it neither come 

 to be Wet,nor W 7 afted; And Weigh it daily ,it will not alter Weight until 

 the feventeenth of June,which is theDay when the i^W beginneth to rifej 

 And then it will grow more and more Ponderom till the Rher cemmetb to 

 his Heighth. W hich if it be true , it cannot be caufed , but by the Aire , 

 which then beginneth to Condenfe ; And fo turneth within that Small 

 Mould into a degree of Moijlure^ Which produceth Weight. So it hath 

 been obferved , that Tobacco, Cur, and Weighed, and then Dried by the 

 Fire, lofeth Weight; and after being laid in the open Aire, recovereth 

 Weight again. And it fhould feem, that as foon as ever the River beginneth 

 to increafe,the whole Bodyol the Aire thereabouts fuffereth a Change:For 

 (that which is more fbange,) it is credibly affirmed , that upon that very 

 Day , when the River firft rifeth , great Plagues, in Cairo, ufe fuddenly to 

 brea^ up. 



'J'Hofe that are very Cold, and efpecially in their f>^,cannot get to Sleep. 



The Caufe may be, for that in Sleep is required a Free Respiration , which 

 Cold doth fhut in,and hinder:For we fee that in great Cclds,ov\t can fcarce 



draw 



