there may be place for fo much thegreateir number of thefe 
particles to ftrike it at che fame tii^e, and fo to render their 
impreffionniore ftrong* 
And that thefe odorant parades, which run with the 
Air into the Nofe, in rmelling, might not all forLhwith pafs 
off froiB thence into the breaft : Nature by chis Lii^;^/;^^^^ 
made by the windiogs of the Lamlla, hath taken care to 
give them an arreft and longer ftay. And for the fame rea- 
fon, (he hathfurniChed thefaid r»»/V^ of the Nofe with a 
great many fmall Gkndsy which open thereinto ; and fo 
moiften it with a thick and flimy exudation, the better to 
entangle the dry odorant particles* 
This T^/z/Vi: examined andcompar'd in feveral Animals, 
fliews alfo much of the reafon of the delicacy of Smelling in 
fome, above what it is in others. For look how much a finer 
Nofe it is that Animals have^ they have likewife fo much a 
greater number of thekLameH£, wherewith the faid tmick 
is rollM up in fo many more folds. So the Nofe of a Hound 
is better furniflied with them, than that of any other Ani- 
mals. The Hare, Fox, Cat, Wild Boar, have a confiderable 
number of them, Thofe Animals that chew the Cud, have 
fewer. And Man is lefs provided for, than any of the reft* 
ihus far the Learned Obferver, 
And Note, That not only the number, but alfo the length 
of the Lamella^ is of great ufe for the ftrength of Smelling. 
For which purpofe mod ^mdrftpeds^ which either hunt, as 
thQ Carnivorous ; or at leaft want reafon otherwife to di- 
ftinguifli their food, than by the fmell^as the Gramimv&rous • 
have their Nofe not placed in the middle of the face , as in 
Mao 5 but prolonged to the very end* 
Obfervatipns of fame Animals^ and of a Jlrange Plant , made 
in a Voyage into the Kingdom of Congo: ^7 Michael An-- 
gelo de Guattini and Diooyfius of Placenza , Miffionaries 
. thither. Extra^ed out of the journal dcsScSi^'^ins. 
IN Brafeil, there are certain little Animals, by the Author 
C2i\l*d Foux de Fharaon^ which enter into the feet be- 
twixt the skin and the flefb. They grow in one day as big 
as Beans. And if they are not prefently drawn cut, they 
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