? i ■ r f e N A T t lR A L ms 'T -ORY; _
\W m 0 o a d s, which fome have had the vanity to fix there
ever fince Noah's Deluge1; but from t h e » or Eggs float-
ingin the Particles' of the Water, it is moft probable to
conclude they bred there. Others are Diuretical, anfl'^re
frequently taken'with fuecefs flu th e Goutlanfl ig id fe /w h ich
no doubt they eftba by their faline Particles t f l d d f n f - *
th e Bfobdf ind-rfbj'bafeque&E^
Cafes-:i In ftan c ea o f th is kind I liav^fleefi'-feveral, but to
ifffert th e in 'iilr e !-:i$i fdrein ito a E is ite d e rM k ih g iy?Thdfe
are "the moft remarkable Phenomena K ha vb oflfeWxTdf
S p a r r s ,b i h z \ \ therefore in th e n e x t placedhaften to T d lc - s ^ m
A m i a n t h u s , or th a t5which b fca lfd F e c P th W ti A l j t im .
L 3 .UThei Taics are^lhicrd;
and w ill eafily calcine' in to b r ittle r!White 'L a m e l lte y -Ihd
would no doubt make a very good Plaiftcr, which m the
Malt-Kilns might be of great u fe f being far better than
thbfo common Clay-Ffoors; th is is n o ta t-p r e fe r ir rh ^ eu fe
o f any farther than a common
prbvement fuccedfiihg 'Gene'ratibfis
The A m m n t h u s is likewifd found in M a rk , 'it ‘jdhfflls o f
various Filaments, -arid Jds. -that- whkhrtMe A h d k h t « € e
the ir perpetual Eamp> with JJ 1 h & v • G i d a f h a n # P b p e i
made o f th is, whiSfe Wbuld’ftahd F if e , a n d ddifthfeftYf
would be high ly
M e ch an ick s to make f a r th e r -E f l a y s n p o r r i t , I t i ^ i a l l d
b y Tome- the S a la m a n d e r s W h d j heeaftfepas I ikhagih, like
that i t ‘is able t o ^ itb f t in d t h ^ f i^ - bf -tee*
and E tn iu lJ e r g ive u s an-debotai* o f ;its Principle#, arid like:
w ife o f -fbrffe Tryals they have Made upon i f ; I fliall'there-
fofe reflr th eR e a d d f to thdfe Authors;--"Tti®ufed%:fome
Phyflcians in Unguent's, in Diftempers of the cNefvcs^ blit
for m y p k r tlcan n o tfle e w hat u fe it can be o f in thbfoCafes;
I cannot conceive how fo fluggifli and uiiabtive a Body dan
penetfate knd openThelObftru6tion^of rthei:Nervb#,r’fflor rs
it lik ely-that its; Particles ihduld be abforb'd by <tshe; Capilla
ry Veflels, and fo deftioy' that -Acidity of the Blood that
- j d•{• may
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m$f’ adM^MUlie Diftefnperlf T he infef tj > t h i ng > to be con-
fider'if ^ e 1 tjke. AUum and V it‘riohQhSs% 9;nd<c>f ^hefe.there
fa^^ai^d'ds fortsb? ’
m WUn>U isra^Sait fo dbnoinin^te^frain A sk in g like, Gkfs
pellucid;'-and Of this thefe ate threetfcmE^, ^fl^te,fRe4and
Ofeenfo: Uher 'Red; is found^in theMifl??*
thF-W^lilte andK0reeoa in and fietiJftibine f i-Jfhe
G re enU S te ith ^oN a tu ra lso r A r tif ib i^ lp t n l ^ w tugflj ai^is
ih tkQ^KenmhThtfiaAMai^hi^Ma^q^/Mrfj^n^ ip fqme
Esad^MlnesineariU^?/^«?^ ^ ;Tuq|i
piepaf'd &«im the Tyrites, hy Ca\c\nAt\on
itle:Other .folidl| bu$ j tafitfe <5^^all0y^^d j^the
ftine'TJh»n0«nena. | Oftthfe WihiMditewrfqjMre twp
fhtfifo#® knd -ip
■F&TMfri&p'fotptfiM. tholeihfnthe,mine?ga:l Bafs, or £#mr, ,ap
fIfolMIs^fSitermHt g theiTr^jAg^iiMP fEi®bgq|^npp frpioi
f U & mms,! andfOritba^d^akin^^fled
-ftdin the- Obeli owprd B®I^whkj&3\%Si%§
;Dre^bf%hfeik;afedominoniy iBkCsieiind'^i fyitp
thfeiflPdfcbSfrotbofisfignrafod^d as not
a n® ^ ith lth ^ SaMSv^lrdbbmagin-jt|re^i|jfy
tbd §bhf :tfhetBpwd'3 «6
flUtiia\ofby thofe Particles which fall frbm the^tmolph^rf,
^ i^ ^ fd ehW m m thbforStoflf,S:no^i/^^-^^^ip|%ff5^yr,
• whfBMfoyoxpofing thereto) t^ae-A^ afpi^dgjt ^ygralghpgs
a^elt-df qbantityudf
th^tonedamotints toilA/Thb
fbi?nflfhiixed with \AUuW:, whiehnl fppppf® '
cafiOii io^foirieifa.make nojidifferqnfibjbetwijit^o^! §gl^;
b uf &ey may)dafi:ly he ^ftihvguifofd5i;j^r th^/vg^^^^^r-
tidlbs ^ill fpendi theiii!ely#sdini Efflorpfcep^f-pi®
buf tMesalluminnlsjreniain) fix’d an^^qt
till theh/that the ALlum ought tobe prfpar’d^ vJR.o^h-.fi^lum wb- hftve ■ atfi
gr^Kt quantities- might ;be ,ipadex,vr;|o|ff Payt^ bqing^jnplt
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