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ktng water, and Feeding vpon Rtz*e, and ocher Food of final! nouriih- 
ment, maketh their Bodies fo Solide,.and Hard, as you need not feare' 
that Bathing fhould make them Froathie. Befidcs, the Turkes are great 
Sitters T and feldome walke • Whereby they Sweat lefte, and need Ba¬ 
thing more. But yet certaine it is, that Bathing, and efpecially Annota¬ 
ting, may be fo vied, as it may be a great Helpe to Health, and Prolonga¬ 
tion ok Life. But hereof we fhall fpeake indue Place, when we come to 
handle Experiments Medic mail. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching CbM<o~ 
letting of Tapir. 
74 1 
"“jP He Turkes haue a Prettv Art of chamoletting of Paper, which is not 
, 1 with vs invfe. They take diuers ojlcd Colours , and put them feue- 
rally (in drops) vpon water * And ftirre the Water lightly • And then 
wet their Paper, (beingof fome Thickneffe,) with it,- And the Paper 
will be Waued, and Veined, like Chamolet , or Marbles. 
Experiment 
Solitary cou¬ 
ching 
InlyBt 
742 
FT is fomewhat ftrange, that the Bloud of all Birds, and Beafls, and Fi- 
\.(hes, fhould be of a Red Colour, and only the Bloud of the Cuttle ( liouid 
be as Blackens Inke. A Man would thinke, that the Caufe fhould be the 
High C one sBion of that Bloud $ For we lee in ordinary Puddings, that the 
Boy ling turneth the Bloud to be Blacke 5 And the Cuttle is accounted a de¬ 
licate Meat, and is much in Requeft. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Encmfe 
of weight in 
Earth. 
743 
FT is reported of Credit, that if you take Earth from Land adiovning 
A to the^«tfr of Nile h And prefeiueit in that manner, that it neither 
come to be Wet, nor Wafted- And Weigh it daily, it will not alter 
weight vntill the feuenteenth of June, which is the Day when the Riuer 
beginnethto rife. And then it willgrow more and more Ponderous , till 
the Riuer commeth to his Heighth. Which if it bee true, it cannot bee 
caufed, but by the Aire, which then beginneth to Condenfe ; And fb 
turneth within that fmail Mould into a degree of Moifiure 5 Which pro* 
duceth WeivhtSo it hath been oblerued,that Tobacco, Cut,and Weighed, 
and then Dried by the Fire, lofeth Weight ; And after-being laid in the 
open Aire, recouereth Weight againe. And it (hould feeme, that as {bone 
as euer the Rimer beginneth to increafe, the whole Body of the Ainu 
thereabouts fuffiereth a Change: For (that which is more ftrange,) it is 
credibly affirmed, that vpon that very Day, when the Riuer firft rifeth, 
great Plagues in Cairo, vfe fuddenly to breake vp. 
Experiment; 
in Confott 
touching 
Sleeps. 
744 
*T Hofethat are very Cold, and efpecially in their Feet, cannotgetto 
A sleepe. The Caufe may be, for that in Sleepe is required a Free Rejpi- 
ration , which Cold doth fhutin, and hinder: For wee lee, that in great 
Colds , one can fcarce draw bis Breath. Another Caufe may be, for that 
Cold calleth the Spirits to fuccour- And therefore they cannot fo well 
dole, and goe together in the Head ; Which is euer requilite to sleepe. 
And for the fame Caufe, Pain, and Noife hinder Sleepe • And Darkneflu 
(contrariwife) furthereth sleepeu. 
Some 
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