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Experiment 

 Sol taric,tou- 

 ching ylnegar. 



Experiment 

 Solitary, tou- 

 ching crea- 

 tures that 

 Sleep all win- 

 ter, 



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Experiment 

 Solicary, tou- 

 cmngihe 



GcntYatim of 

 Creatures by 

 CopuUfing^vnd 

 by Put; efafi ion 



3\(dturall Hijlory : 



Females, fomcwhac before the Full of the Moon. It may bealfo, that the 

 Egges lay'd in the Full of the Moon , breed the better Bird : And a Number 

 or the like EffeBs, which may be brought into Obfervatim. gu&re alfo , 

 whether great 7 bunders, and Earth-Quakes, be not moft in the F»// of the 

 Moon. 



THe Turning of jW#<» to Vinegar, is a Kind of PutrefaBion : And in Md- 

 kingoi Vinegar 3 they ufeto fetVejJels of over againft the iVoo« 

 ; which calleth out the more 0y//> Spirits, and leaveth the Z,zV#or 

 more Scarf, and We fee al fo, that Burnt wine is more /JW, and A- 

 ftringent, than unburnt. It is faid, that Cider in Navigations under the 

 ripencth, when tfV/z<? or £«rfowreth. It were good to fet a Rundlet 

 of Verjuice over againft the .SW, in Summer,^ they do Vinegar, to fee whe- 

 ther it will Ripen, and Sweeten . 



'JTIere be divers Creatures, that Sleep all winter ; As the Bear , the Hedge- 

 Hog, the the Bee,Uc, thefe all wax F*t when they Sleep, and egeft 

 not. Thecaufe of their Fattening, during their Sleeping time , may be the 

 wantot Afiimilatingy For whatfoever Afimilateth not to F/ffib, turneth 

 either to Sweat, or F*f. Thefe Creatures, for part of their Sleeping-time,hsLve 

 been obferved not to Stir at all ; And for the other part, to Stir, but not to 

 Remove. And they get warm and Clofe Places to S/«"/> in. When the Flemmings 

 Wintred in Nova Zembla, the Bears, about the Middle of November, went to 

 5/^ , And then the Foxes began to come forth , which durft not before. It 

 is noted by feme of tbe Antients, that the Sta-^rbreedeth, andlyethin 

 with her Young, during that time of Reft : And that a Bear, Big with Young, 

 hath feldom been feen . 



SOme Living creatures are procreated by Copulation between Male , and 

 Female : Some by PutrefaBion ; Andof tiiofe which come by PutrefaBion , 

 many doe (never thelefs ) afterwards procreate by Copulation. For the 

 Caufe of -both Generations: Firft, it is moft certain, that the Caufe of all Vi- 

 viji cation, is a Gentle and Proportionable Heat , working upon a Glutinom and 

 Teelding Subfance : For the Heat doth bring forth Spirit in that Subfiance : 

 And the Subfiance being Glutinom, produceth two E§eBs : The One , that 

 the Spirit is detained, and cannot Break forth ,: The Other , that the UMatter 

 being Gentle, and Teelding, is driven forwards by the Motion of the Spirits , 

 After fomc Swelling into S^/>f, and Members. Therefore all Sperm , all Men- 

 ftrucm Subftance^ all Matter whereof Creatures arc producedby PutrefaBion , 

 have evermore a Ckftr.efs, Lenteur , and Sequaatie. It feemeth therefore , 

 that the Generation by Spam onc\y , and by PutrefaBion , have two Diffe- 

 rent Qajfj. The Firft is, for that Creatures , which have a Definite , and 

 g&g siEw/Hrj (as thofe have which are Procreated by Copulation) cannot be 

 produced by a Weak , and Cafual Heat ; Nor cut of Matter, which is not 

 ExaBly Prepared, according to the Species. The Second is, for that there is a 

 greater time required , for Maturation of PerfeB creatures ; For if the Time 

 required in Vivification be of any length, then the Spirit will Exhale, 

 before the Creature be Mature : Except it be inclofcdin a Place where 

 It may have Continuance ot the Heat , Access of fome Nourishment to 

 maintain it, and Clofenefl, that may keep it from Exhaling. Andfuch 



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