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nor Fotmtainjbut good Eartb,ntw\y turned up,hath a fre$.n»ft and good. feat; 

 which Water,it it be not too equal, (fc>r equal ob)ecls never move the Senfe) 

 may alfo have. Certaine it is, that Bay-Salt , which is but a kind of Water 

 j congealed,wi\\ lometimes fmell like Violets. 



TO Sweet Smells heat is requifite, to Concoct the Matter-, and fome Mci- 

 Jlure to Spread the Breath of tnem.For heat,we fee that Woods, and Spi- 

 ces,are more Odorate in the hot Countnes^than in the : for Moiflure,xvc fee 

 thac things too much dried,lofe their Swectntp '.-and Flowers growing, fimell 

 better in a Morning or Evening, then at Noon. Some Sweet Smels are dc~ 

 ftroyed by approicn to the Fire ; as^iolets., Wall-flowers, Gilli-flowers, Pinks; 

 and generally all Flowers that have cool and delicate Spirits. Some continue 

 ! both on the fire,& from the jire,as Ro[e-Water,&c. Some do lcarce come forth 

 oratleaftnotfopleafantly,asby means of the jm?, is Jumper, Sweet-Gums, 

 &c. And all Smells, that axe enclosed in a Faft Body : but (Generally) thofe 

 Smels are the mod grateful, where the Degree of heat is fmall; or where the 

 ftrength of the Smellis allayed ; for thefe things do rather wooe the Senfe, 

 then latiateit. And therefore the fmell oi Violets , andRofes exceedethin 

 Sweetnefi that of S/;/V^,and Gums and the ftrongeft fort of fmels [ are beft in 

 a wcft,a-farreoff. 



tT is certaine, that no fmell iffueth , but with Emifj'ion of fome Corporeal 

 ^Subflance, Not as it is in Light, and Colours, and in Sounds, For we fee 

 plainly, that Smell doth fpread nothing that diftance , that the other doe, 

 It is true, that fome Woods o{ Or enges, and Heaths of Rofe-mary, will Smell 

 a great way into the Sea, perhaps twenty Miles • But what is that, flnce a 

 Peak of Ordnance will doe as much, which moveth in a fmall CompalTe? 

 W hereas thofe Woods and Heaths, are of Vaft Spaces : Befides, we fee that 

 Smels doe adhere to Hard Bodies ; As in perfuming of Gloves, &c, which 

 {heweththemCcr/ww/-, And doe Laft a great while, which Sounds, and 

 Light doe not. 



TpHe Excrements of ttioft Creatures fmell ill Chiefly to the fame Creature 

 that voideth them : For we fee, befides that of Man , that Pigeons and 

 Horfes thrive beft, if their Houfes 3 and Stables be kept Sweet; And foof 

 Cage-Birds : And the Cat buneth that which fhe voideth : And it holdeth 

 chiefly in thofe Beafts, which feed upon Flefh,. Dogs (almoft) onely of 

 Beafts delight in Fetide Odours, Which fheweth there is femewhat in their 

 Senfe oi Smell, differing from the fmells of other Beafls. But the Caufe , why 

 Excrements fmell ill, is manifeft ; For that the Body it felfe rejecteth them; 

 Much more the Spirits : And we lee, that thofe Excrements that are of the 

 Firfl Digeftion, Smell the worft As the Excrements, from the Belly: Thofe 

 J that are from the Second Digeflion , lelfe ill 5 AsUrine, and thofe that are 

 { from the Third, yet leffe For Sweat is not fb bad, as the other two; Efpe- 

 cially of fome Persons, that are full of Heat. Likewife moft Putrefactions 

 are of an ddiow Smell ; For they fmell either Fertile ox Mouldy. the Caufe 

 may be, for that PutrefaBion doth bring forth fuch a Confluence , as is molt 

 Contrary to the Confiftence of the Body, whileftit isSound: Foritisa 

 meer difiolution of that Forme, Befides^ there is another Reafon which is 

 Profound : Ana it is, that the objtfls that pleafe any of rhe/W/ffj^ave (all) 

 fome Equality,and{as it were) Order in their Compofluoh: But where thofe are 

 wanting,thc Object is ever Ingrate. So Mixture ot many Disagreeing colours 



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Experiment 

 Solitary, tou- 

 ching Sweet 

 Smells. 



833 



Experiment 

 SoIitary,tou- 

 chingthe 



Corporal Suh- 

 (lancs of Smels. 



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Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Fetide 

 and Fragrant 

 Odours. 



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