the leaves of Plowers, will not caufe a ftain. Sofarth D&' 
Sor, 
Upon reading ihefe paflages ^ I called to mind an Expert- 
cieDt, which fome years fince Mr. Samuel Fijher of Sheffield 
bad made me acquainted vj\ih^vi%. If with a ftaff or other in- 
ftrument you ftir an heap of Ants, (efpecially Borje-Ants, ) fo 
as to anger them, they will let fall thereon a liquor , which if 
you prefently fmell to, will twinge the Nofe like newly diftil- 
Itd Spirit of VitrioL Confidering this, and likewifethat a 
few drops of the Oil or Spirit of Fitriol will foon turn the 
blewifh Syrup of Violets into 2i bright red 3 and^asl am credi- 
biy informed , the jayces and tindlures of any other flowers 
or fruits of that or the like colour, I was eafily induced to 
think, that this fuyce of Pifmires might be of the fame nature 
with the Oylof Vitriol^and other Acid Spirits, (which have in 
the fore- mentioned refpedsthe fame efFefts with that Oyl : ) 
' And thereupon I fent to inquire ofMr* Fi/her^ what Trials he 
had madeofitjwhoretiirn'd me this following account. 
A weak Spirit of Pifmires will turn Borage flowers red in 
an inftant : Vinegar, a little heated,wi[l do the like. Pifmires 
diftilledbythemfelves, or with water, yield a Spirit like Spi- 
rit oi Vinegar, or rather like the Spirit of Viride£ris. Lead 
put into this Spirit, or fair water, with the Animals themfelves 
being alive, maketh a good Saccharum Saturni : Iron put in- 
to the Spirit, affords an Aftringent tindure, and by repetition 
a Crocus Martis. Take Saccharum Saturni^ thus made^ and di- 
ftilir, and it will aff rd the fime Acid Spirit again , which the 
Saccharum Saiurni made withVinegar wili not do, but returns 
an inflammable Oyl with water, and nothing that is Acid. Sac- 
charum satUrni made with Pirid^ £ris^ doth the fame (in this 
refpe<ft ) with that made with Spirit of Pifmires; 
Whenyouput the Animals into water, you muft ftir them 
to make them angry , and then they will fpirt out their aeid 
Juyce. No Animal that ever we didiUed (he fpeaks ofhis Bro- 
ther and himfelf J except this, yields an Spirit, butcon- 
ftantly an t^r//;<7^ 5 and yet we have diililled maoy^ both 
Fk(h,Fi(h,andInfeas. 
hitherto Mr. Fijher ^ whodefiresto be inform'd, whether 
any ingenious peribn^ converlant in thele inquiries, hath either 
Oo a him- 
