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1 SSfaturall Hijiorj: '> 
I turn, though much of their Bat and Plejb, arc out of Gyly Aliments, (as j < 
Meat and Bread) yet they Aflunilate alfo in a Meafure their Drinke of! 
Water , ike. But thefe two Waves of Verjien of Water into Oyle , (namely / 
by Mixture , and by AjIftmilation) are by many Paffages, and Perco-I 
lationSj and by long Continuance of (oft Heats, and by Circuits ofj 
Time. j 
The third is in the Incept jets of PutrefatHon • As in Water Corrupted- And 
the Mathers of Waters Difiilled ; Both which haue a kinde of Batneffeoi 
Gyle.' 
The Fourth is in the Dulcorati&n of fom cMetalls - } as Saccharum Sa¬ 
turn, &c. 
The Intention of Verfien of water into a more Oily Subjlance , is by 
Difgeflion ; For Oile is almoft Nothing elfe but water dtfgefied • And this 
Difgeftionis principallyby Heat - Which Heat mull be either Outward* or 
Inward : Againc, it may be by Prouocation, or Excitation ; Which is 
caufed by the Mingling of Bodies already Oily or Dsfgejted • For they 
will fomewhat Communicate their Nature with the reft. DtfgeftionaX- 
fo is ftrongly effe&ed by direft Ajftmlation, of Bodies Crude into Bodies 
Difgeftcd • *As in Plants^ and tilling Creatures, whole Nourifhmentis far 
more Crude than their Bodies : But this Difgeftton is by a great Com- 
paffe, as hath beenefaid. As for the more full handling of thefe two 
Principles, whereof this is but a Tafte j (theEnqury of which is one of 
the Profoundeft Enquiries of Nature) Wee leaue it to the Title of Ter- 
[ton of Bodies • And likewife to the T(tie of the Birfi Congregations of Mat- / 
ter - Which like a Generali Aftemblie of Eftates, doth giue Law to all 
Bodies. 
Experiment 
Soliwry tou¬ 
ching Cbat/ie- 
Itons. 
$6o 
A Chameleon is a Creature about the Bignefle of an Ordinary Li¬ 
zard : His Head vnproportionably big; His Eyes great: Heemo- 
ucth his Head without the writhing of his Necke (which is inflexible) 
as a ffogge doth : His Backe crooked ; His Skin Spotted with little Tu¬ 
mours, lefle Eminent nearer the Belly j his Taile (lender, and long : On 
each Foot he hath flue Fingersthree on the Outfide, and two on the hn- 
fide; His Tongue ofa Maruellous Length inrefped ofhisBofly,and hol¬ 
low at the end ; Which hee will launch out to prey vpon Flies. OrCo- 
I lour Greene, and of a dusky Yellow, brighter and whiter towards the 
Belly; Yet fpotted with Blew, White, andRed. Ifhee beeLaid vpon j 
Greene, the Greene predominated!j, Ifvpon Yellow, the Yellow •, not i 
foifhe be laid vpon Blew, or Red, or White ;Onely the Greene Spots I 
receiue a more Orient Luftre: Laid vpon Blacke, hee looketh all Rlacke, 
though not without a Mixture of Greene. Heefeedeth notonelv vpon 
Aire (though that bee his principal! Suftcnance ;) For fometimes hee 
taketh Flies, aswas faid $ Yet fome that haue kept Chameleons a whole 
yeere together, could neuer perceiue that euer they fed vpon any Thing 
elfe but Aire* And might obferue their Bellies to (well after they had, 
eschaufted the Airg, and elofed their Iawes • Which they open com- 
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