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hereforc may hold the very Sweetmjje of the Herbs , and Flowers, as a 
Dijttiled water: For Raine, and other Dew, that fall from high, cannot 
^referuethc Smell,beingdiilipated in the drawing vp: Neither doe we 
mow, whether fome water it felfe, may not haue fome degree of Sweet- 
ujje. It is true that we finde it fenfibly in no Poole, Ritter, nor Fount nine • 
But good Earth, newly turned vp, hath a FreJhneJJe, and good Sent • 
Which Water 3 if it be not too E quail, (For E quail Obietts neucr moue the 
Senfe ,) may alfohaue. Certaineitis, that which isbutakinde 
nfwater Congealed, will fometimes fmcll like Violets. % 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Srnel 
Smells. 
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nr" 0 Sweet Smells float is requifite, to Concodt the Matter And fome 
Jl Moifiure to Spread the Breath of them. For Heat, we fee that woods, 
and Spices, are more Odor ate in the Hot Countries, than in the Cold : For 
Moijture, we fee that things too much Dried, lofe their SweetneJJe: And 
Flomrs growing, fmell better in a Morning, oxEuening, than at Noone^t. 
Some Sweet Smells are deftroyed by Approach to the Fire • As Violets , 
waH~Flowers, Gtlly-Flowers, Pinches - And generally all Flowers that haue 
Coole and Delicate Spirits. Some continue both on the Fire, and from the 
Fire 5 As Rofe-Water, &c. Some doe fcarce come forth, oratleaftnotfo 
pleafantly, as by meancs of the Fire • as Juniper, Sweet Gums, &c. And all 
Smells , that are Enclofed in a Fajt Body: But (generally) thofe Smells 
are the moll Gratefull, where the degree of Heat is Small, Or where 
the Strength of the Smell is allayed- For thefe. Things doe rather wooe 
the Senfe, than Satiate it. And therefore the Smell of Violets, and Rofes, 
exceedeth in SweetnejJ'e that of Spices, and Gummes^ And the Strongellj 
Sort ohsWA, are beft ina weft,a farre oif. 1 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Cor- 
pereaUSubflatJce 
of Smells. 
834 
FT is certaine, that no Smell ifliieth, but with Emifion of fome Corpore- 
Lall sab(lance ; Not as it is in Light, and Colours, and in Sounds. For we 
fee plainly, that Smell doth fpread nothing thatdiftance, that the other 
doe. It is true, that fome woods of Orenges, and Heathes of Rofe-Mary, will 
Smell a great Way into the Sea, perhaps twenty Miles • But what is that, 
fince a Peak of Ordnance will doe as much, which moueth in a fmall 
compaffe? Whereas thofe woods, and Heathes, are of Va ft Spaces: Be¬ 
tides wee fee that Smells doe adhere to Hard Bodies 5 As in Perfuming 
of Gloues, See. which fheweth them Corporeall • And doe Taft a great! 
while, which Sounds , and Light doe nor. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Fetafc 
and Fragrant 
Odours. 
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HPHe Excrements of mo ft Creatures Smell ill- Chicflv to the fame! 
A Creature that voideth them: For we fee, betides that of Man, that- 
Pigeons and Horfes thriuebeft, if their Houfes and Stables be kept Sweet - < 
Andfo of Cage-Birds; And the Cat burieth that which fbee voydeth:| 
And it holdeth chiefly in thofe Beajls, which feed vpon Flefh. Dogs (a!-! 
mod) onely of Beajls,' delight in Felide Odours h Which fheweth there 
is fomewhat in their Senfe of Smelt, differing from the Smells of other 
Beajls. E>uttheCaufe t whyExcrement$Fm£[\i\\,h manifeft- Forthatthc 
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