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whereof we are treating, (if well cultivated) far- 

 ther receive as great and notable Improvements, 

 both ex parte Objecli, and ex parte Organ i vel 

 Medii. 



j. As to the Object of Hearing, which is 

 Sound, improvement has been and may be made, 

 both as to the Begetting, and as to the Conveying 

 and Propagating (which is a kind of Conserving) of 

 Sounds. 



I. As to the Begetting of Sounds. The Art 

 of imitating any Sound, whether by S pealing \thzz 

 is pronouncing) any kind of Language, (which 

 really is an Art, and the Art of Speaking, perhaps 

 one of the greateft) or by Whi ft ling, or by Sing- 

 ing (which are allow'd Arts) or by Hollowing or 

 Luring (which the Huntfman or Faulkner would 

 have to be an Art alfo) or by imitating with the 

 Mouth (or otherwife) the Voice of any Animal, 

 as of Quails, Cats, and the like , or by repre- 

 fenting any Sound begotten by the Collifion of 

 Solid Bodies, or after any other manner ; thefe 

 are all Improvements of Diretl Hearing, and may 

 be improv'd. 



Moreover the Skill to make all forts of Mu- 

 fical Inftruments , both Ancient and Modern, 

 whether Wind Inftrutnents or String d* or of 

 any other fort, whereof there are very many 

 (as Drums, Bells, the Syftrum of the Egyptians^ 

 and the like) that beget (and not only propa- 

 gate) Sounds j the Skill of making thefe, I 

 fay, is an Art, that has as much improv'd Direft 

 Hearing, as an Harmonious Sound exceeds a 

 fingle and rude one, that is, an immufical Tone j 

 which Art is yet capable of farther improve- 

 ment. And I do hope, that by the Rules f 

 which may happily be laid down concerning 

 the Nature^ Propagation and Proportion, or A- 



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