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ufing noExercife, I drank betwixt 23 and 25 Ounces 
more of Punch ; and the Air being cooled by the 
Clouds overfpreading the Heavens, the Quantity of 
Urine was greatly increafed, amounting in thcfc 2~ 
Hours to 28 1 Ounces 5 but the Pcrfpiration was lo 
much dimi'nifhed, that the Quantity of humid Par- 
ticles attracted by my Skin exceeded the Quantity 
perfpired in thele 2 - Hours by 8 -} Ounces. Two 
more Pittances of this Attradlion you have in the 
fame Table 5 and, no doubt, it often occurs in the 
Summer, and might be difeovered by any who can 
conveniently weigh thcmfclves every Second or 
Third Hour of the Day. Here there was no Watte 
of the Fluids, the predifponent Caufe, according to 
Keil, of fuch Attradion, but Reafon to fufpect the 
contrary, by drinking fo plentifully of Punch. 
The Punch, or Ttiapente , as 1 have improperly 
called it, is made thus: Take Water 2 Pounds, Sugar 
1 y Ounce, recent Juice of Limes 2-j Ounces, Rum 
3 — Ounces. M. This is the Punch we commonly 
drink in the Summer $ but that which we drink in 
the Fall and Winter is richer, having more Suggar 
and Rum, and lefs of the Acid. It is a pleafant, 
fubacid, cooling and exhilarating Drink 5 and proves 
an excellent Diaphoretic in warm Weather, and a 
good Diuretic in cold Weather. 
The Barometer is a common portable one; the 
Diameter of its Bore is about f of an Inch. 
The Thermometer is Fahrenheit's ; the other 
Thermometer is made by Thomas Heath , in London 5 
and is divided into 90 equal Parts ; 65 is the freezing 
Point, and 49 temperate : I fufpedt it to be the fame 
with Hanks bf s, and have called itfo in the Tables. 
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