( 2c6 ) 
Oil of the Fruit bear no Proportion to its 
Phlegm ; hence its Fermentation is languid, 
its Vifcidities not broken, its Spirits quickly 
exhale, and its Tartar is fo inconfiderable as 
not to preferve the Liquor. Cyder that has 
Water mixed with the Apple- Juice, is lia- 
ble to the fame Fate, for the Water over- 
dilutes the effential Salt and Oil of the Fruit. 
Strong fweet Cyder is of the Nature of 
lufcious, half-fermented Wine, fuch as the 
Portugal and Spanijh , which being more 
fpirituous, and having a greater Strength, 
they load the Stomach and diforder the Head 
more, and afford lefs good nervous Juice 
than this Liquor, being only half fermented, 
and of difficult Digeftion, fo as fweet Cyder 
has a greater Proportion of Oil than Salts, 
its Oil is groffer, not attenuated and fubti- 
lized to a Spirit ; it is therefore admirably 
fitted for very thin, lean Habits, becaufe its 
Vifcidity gives a Check to the violent Adtion 
and Attrition of the Mufcles, and adds to 
the Opposition of the Blood againfl its Vef- 
fels, is not fo eafily digefled, nor fo quickly 
perfpired. Thefe Vifcidities fheath the fharp 
naked Salts of the Blood, which corrode 
and tear the fmall Veffels, and prevent the 
S.tiffnefs and Rigidity of the Fibres, by flip- 
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