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change. I then pnt it, the 25th, into a retort, fitted 
to it a receiver, applied to the jointure a ringofpafte 
made of flower and water, covered it with a piece 
of wet bladder, and expofed it in a balneum aren/^e to 
a heat of 108° to 116°, till the 29th of June, whe>!\ 
the whole fluid was diftilled over. I perceived dur- 
ing this operation, that the liquor, from being quite 
tranfparent, grew turbid ; the firfl diftilled tranf- 
parent fluid grew alfo turbid in the receiver, and at 
the bottom of the retort there was a fmall fettlement 
of a whitifh earth. The liquor had a particular 
fmell, but quite different from a putrid one, inclining 
to the volatile alcali ; and flaewed a flight but Tenfible 
degree of cffervefcence with the fpirit of vitriol ; and 
the fyrup of violets was turned evidently green 
bv it. 
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In the mean time, the flefh with the water con- 
tinued to emit a putrid flench 5 and the 28th of June 
I found the fluid colouring the fyrup of violets greenifli, 
and fliewing a kind of effervefcence with the acid. 
Both thefe qualities were increafing every day, till the 
8th of July, when, on account of a journey, I could 
not obferve it any longer. I had left the mouth of 
the receiver open j and on my return the ifl of Au- 
gufl, I found an exceeding putrid fmell ; 1 covered 
the veffel ; and the 2d, examined the fluid, but it 
did not effervelce any more. I then filtrated the li- 
quor; but the flefh was fo rotten, that a great many 
particles paffed through the linen, and rendered it 
turbid. 1 put it into a retort, adapted a receiver, 
and luted it, as before-mentioned ; the heat was alfo 
the fame, between 108° and 1 16°. In this warmth it 
continued for about four days, when the fluid was 
diflilled 
