< . 
i$>.i 1 
D\ (aturall Hifiory : 
fug of Mil fain 
Milch-Btaflt. 
77 * 
giuemor eMilke. Surely, there would be Tome better Trial Is made of! 
Mixtures o( Water in Ponds for C at t cl fa to make them more MiIclgOno j 
Fatten them •, Or to Keefe them from Murraine. It may be, Chalke , and ! 
Nitfe, are of thebeft. 
Experiment 
Solit;»y tou¬ 
ching Sand of 
the Nature ot 
77 9 
T T is reported,that in the Valley ,tizqxg theAJountaine Carmeljnludea , 
JL there is a Sand, which ofall other,hath molt affinity with Glajje - } I11- 
fomuch as other Minerals, laid in it, turne to a Glajsie Subfiance, with¬ 
out the F/Ve- And againe Glajje put into it,turncth into the Mother-Sand. 
The thing is very ftrangc^ii it be true: And it is Ijkclieft tobeCaufed by 
fame Naturall F or nace,or Heat in the Earth: And yet they doe not fpeak 
of any Eruption of Flames. It were good to try in Glajje-w'orkes, whether 
the Crude Materials of Glajje , mingled with Glajje , already made, and 
Rc-mouken, doe not facilitate the Making of Glajje with Idle Heat. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the 
Growth of Co- 
rail . 
780 
¥ N the Sea i vpon the South-weft of Sicily $ much Cor alii s found. It is a 
1 Sub-Marine Plant. It hath no Leaues : It brancheth only when it is vn- 
der watery ItisSe/r, and Greene of Colour ; But being brought into the 
Aire, it becommerh Hard , and shining Red, as wee fee. It is faid alfo, 
ro haue a white Berrys But we finde it not brought ouer with the Corail. 
Belike it is caff away as nothing worth:Inquire better of it,for the Dif- 
coueryohho Natureoitho Plant. 
Experiment 
, Solitary tou- 
[ chingtheGa- 
thtring of 
Manna. 
j8l 
'T' He Manna of Calabria is the befl,and in mod Plenty .They gather 
A it from the Leaje of the Mulberry Tree • But not of fuch Mulberrie 
Trees y as grow in the Talley s. And Manna foWeth vpon the Leaues by 
Night, as other Dewes do.lt fhould feeme^that before thofe Dewes come 
vpon T rces, in the Galley syhey diflipate, and cannot hold our.Idhould 
fcemeaIfo,the Mulberry-Leaje, it fclfe jhath fome Coagulating Vertue, 
which infpiflateth the Dew, for that it is not found vpon other Trees: 
And wee fee by the silke-worme, which feedeth vpon that Leafe,w hat a 
Dainty Smooth Joyce it hath 5 And the Leaues d\io,( efpecially of the 
Black e Mulberry, ) arefomewhat Bijiftly, which may helpeto preferue 
theDeir. Certainly , it were nor amifle, to obferuea little better, the 
Dewes that fall vponT rees,or Ilerbs^Gr owing on Mountain^ For it may 
be, many Dewes fall,that lpend before they come to the Valleyes. And I 
fuppofe, that he that would gather the beft May-Dew for Medicine , 
fhould gather it from the nils. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Cor- 
irefting of Wine. 
782 
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1 
| T is laid, they haue a manner, to prepare their Greek- Wines, to kfcepe 
A,them fromFuming^andlnebriatwg,by adding (omcSulpbur,or A Home: ' 
Whereof rhe one i s Vnttuom, and the other is Aftringent. Andcertaine j 
it is, thar thofe two Natures doe beft reprefTe Fumes. This Experiment | 
would be transferred, vnto other Wine, and Strong Beere, by Putting in 
fome like Sub fiances, while they worke • Which may make them both 
to Fume lefle,and to Inflame lefle. j 
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