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is oBferv*d in Calahria^ and is call'd ia their laoguage Couioma^ 
ligno. It arifeth on the furfaceof the bodyjin the form of a (m^ll 
fpeck, of the bignesofa lupin* Itcaufeth fome pai% and if it 
grow not foou red thereupon, it in a veiy fliort time certainly 
kilis/Tis the common opinion of thofe people, that fuch a di- 
ftemper bcfals thofe onlyjthat have eaten flelli of Animals dead 
of themfelve$.:^bicb opinion I Can from experience affirm M 
be falie^So tt frequently falls out ^thit of many ftrangeflfeds, we 
daily meet wichjthe true caufe not being kiiownjfuch an one is 
ailigned, which is grounded upon fome vulgar prejudice* And 
i>f this kind I efteem to be the vulgar belief of the caufe of that 
diftemper^which appears in thofe that think themfclves ftung by 
Tarantulas^ 
But. why Ihould not we rather thinks that that diftemper is 
caufed by an inward difpofition, like that which in fome pUces 
of Germany h wont to produce that eyil, which they call ffjerea 
Sit Viti^Su Vite's dance. But of this I hope I fliall (con be able to 
write my thoughts more fullys,which vviiU think , befufficient 
to refute that fable of the 7i?r^?3/fi/^. 
An Account of the Aponenfian Baths «w Padua , communkated by 
theforementiond Inquipive Gentleman ^ Mfi Dodington 5 
Letter ivritten to the Publi/ber from VcniCQM^rch l8»1^7^» 
SIR, 
|N the Obfervations and Hiftory of Nature polFibly this may 
^ not be unworthy the notice. Five miles from P^^^^»^ are tlie 
vvaters, caird-^/'c;7e«yfii5froai a town called ^/^of^^^w^ famous in 
antiquity 5 and among others frequently mention'd by I/t^. I 
will not doubt,but thacSr.LF.and D B»two worthy members of 
the J^.Soctety and who lived long in Pad^va ^hsiVQ inform'd them- 
felves moft exadtly of what ever I fliall be able to fay on this Sub- 
jedi ^ however I danot fcruple to give you a fliorl xelaiion of ir. 
The waters are adually very hot* Secondly^they are ftin^ing* 
Thirdly, they yield a great deal of very fine fait 5 of which the 
natives ferve thcmfelves in their ordinary occafions* This fait is 
the thing, I think moft confiderable there. It is gather d in this 
manner ; The Natives, after Sun fet ^ ftirr peices of wQod in the 
water, and prefently the g4t fticks td them, and comesofFin 
foial! flakes, exceeding white^and very fait. This never loofeth 
its (avoun The people there, wiih the fame water ufe to wafii 
^ their 
