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Show __ 0f Fermentation. Chap. I V. _" _._____ 0f Periizmmtion. The Pith of VegetablCS ( lal'ting but one Year) in their firfi (booting , is compofcd of a loofe Fabrick, fomething like the inward part of the Bark, Tlffl‘lkfjd and is feated in the Center,and is integrated of two parts .3 the-one of Velfels, hf:"l;...;,.}rs, of Angular, and alfo of round Forms; making leCFS Rings In the Margcnt iiii‘ciiiiiiniid of it, and drelled with numerous Veflels; and the other part, is a kind of Parerichyina. _ _ TlicV'tvf'el: The 'Vefi'cls are receptacles of Sap, deriving it to the mamfold annular : ,t Tubes, and thence communicating it, to the fru1tfulVelTels, compofing the body of the Wood The \i'effels of the Pith, have a different progrefs from I‘ the . . tub (refs thofe of the Bark and Wood, which for the molt part run in length, in frraiglit Lines; but thofe of the Pith, being of an annular Figure, pafs '\' terminate into fmall Capillaries, lodged in the Cutis, all beliet with ,.I -,.m},ibly .‘v‘; iute Pores, through which the agile ellluxes of Blood do "qqfliiic and 11llt}Ci;1tC with Air, as being near akin to thefe rarefied fluid , t lithilc‘q, Ilcaiusor" the, Blood, are nilihargcil our w‘rhc c!- .. . . So that the cllluxes tranhnitted out of the bodies of Animals, will infeét the Air at ii great diliance with fpiritiious Eiiiaiiati(iiis,without any eminent or figfiiblc dii‘renit‘nt of the bodies in weight, which lpeaketh the great light- m; 11nd liibtlcty of the lit-aim, which hath been oltcn experimented by in 1 ll" ( lltdl‘L'OllS l'til'orutionc- Balance-s; lhewing that bodies, alter they have fent out large proportions of _ .ereus Srczims (as Musk and Civet ) have received a {mall diminution The Liquors are impregnated with Air, ( which is communicated to them , by the Pores of the Cuticle, enwrapping the inward receffes of the Bark) and ""21 M are of leveral Kinds, of diH‘crent Colours and Confiftence; fomc White, Yel- low, and others of a darkilh hue; fome Tranfparent, others Opacous; fome W'atry, Mil'ty, and others Gummy, Refinous, and of a Gummy refinous nature. iv‘lfiiiiiiifrii- Various Juices, adyancing the feveral parts of Plants, and Trees do mount upwards in flraight Lines, through the velfels of the Bark, Wood,and Pith, and are alfo tranfmitted horizontally from the Bark by Cortical in fer~ tions, through the fubflance of the Wood, and thence reconveyed from the Center to the Circumference, by Wooden Veffels; which terminate into the reconvcyed Cuticle of the Bark, perforated With innumerable Pores, through which the ‘r'? "M" VVatry, Milky, Gummy, Refinous, and Refino‘gummy, do emit their conii:'§:.i?ii§ fiant and various Efliuxes into the Air, and perfume it with fweet fmells, igiinm \‘cf- efpecially in the firft rifing of the Sap, which is primarily imparte d from the " Earth, and is filtred through the many minute Pores of the Bark 5 into which {iicli an Alimentary Liquor is received; whofe tinalll'artieles are configured to the little perforations. feared in the cuticle of the Root, from whence it is tranfmitted into the Syfiem of fmall Fibers (confrituting the fubliance ofthe Wood) and is afterwards reconveyed by other crofs lnfertion s ( by which the body of the Trunk is dilated) into the Bark of Trees, and cuticle of Plants, Buds, and Flowm's; through whofe fecret pafTages, many (learns of fubtil, and odoriferous efHuxes are emitted, making in the Spring, every Bulh aNofegay, and every Field, finely dreffed with Flowers, :1 Garden. "may," 80 that Vegetables, far furpafling Animals in number, do out of their inhiiriifiliiii- numerous bodies breath out more fruitful Eflluxes gigging? more contributing to its Fermentative difpofiti into the Air, thereby much on, then all the kinds of Aniimum [otllc mals, living in the whole Univerfe. Air rhtii Animug. Ailirliious which impracgnaie a great lpace of Air, with a linall quantity of it M Horizontally. n,- chlclsand ;,l‘u‘,‘,,‘,f§'§,,k iilhmniscainiiiiirlilgiiii 7‘" 33 But this I muff ceiifels, that if Animals were as numerous as Vegitables, they would impart to the Air, a greater quantity of more fubtil EHluxes, then Trees and Plants, whofe Alimentary Liquor , moveth much flower then that of Animals; in which the Blood is hurrie d with a more impetuons Torrent, giving. it a great proportion of heat and thinnefs, which produce a greater portion of more refined and fpirituous fteams, the truecaufe of faintnefs in hot \Veather, wherein the Blood having a great Elfervefcence fendeth forth a luxuriant proportion of Effluvia, through the enlarged Pbres of the Skin. . VVhereupon, the Vital Liquor (the princi pal materia fnliflmta of Pteams in Animals,) being carried by the impulfe of the Heart, firfi into the greatefi: Trunks of Arteries,and from thence into fmalle r and fmaller Branch es, till at lal'i ii. weight. And m; PJ‘luvia of Animals, . fter they have been long Tranfpired, and highly shifted with the neighbouring bodies, have caufcd no manilelt impref- [ion by any viii": adherency to them, thatcould be clilcovered by a molt cu- i‘io ., live; and yet at the fame time, thofe light thin Exhalations, leave liicli li‘iillllit‘rCllil'f?‘lC‘Il‘S on adjacent bodies, that they can be difcerncd by Animals "if (f - l with tllC inoft tender fenfe of Smelling. .. ' gcs, and Quails , upon their feeding in Pafiures, do leave fucli J._3 0.1 me Ground and Grafs, made by Steaiiis, exhaling the Pores ‘ Pie: and Bodies, that Spaniels can difcern by the fcent, where a air 'idnes and (Mail; have fed. ‘ ‘dhfil‘tic‘lt‘s of Fluid "odies being aacd with confiant motion, are em. _ with thofc thin fubflanccs in which they fwini, feeming to be their Confritucnt Parts; as may be clearly evidenced, by Saline Particles ditlolved in and incorporated with a proper Menflruum, and the floating [teams of i iiing Bodies, >nter into fuch a confederacy with Air, that they are not at all diliinguifliable from it. And the Armofphxre ( the proper place of Corporeal EfHuxes) is infiiitely greater in Circuir,than the cinittent bodies; as may be ealily imagined by the diliance: Buck-hounds, and Harriers, will take the fcent of Deer, be fore they arrive the places, they have lately frequented. And it is very pro- hable, that in places having ii‘ee Air, the Eflluxes do perpetually [liream out of the Fountain for many Hours, for fo long a time, as the fcent lieth', fo that it will he requiiite, there fliould be a kind of Stock of Matter left upon the Ground, or (ii-iris, upon which Deer or Hares have lodged, to fend our petpetual i‘ITlitl‘;a[l()llS into the Atmofphxre, to maintain the fcent for a long time; and lo a very liiiall quantity of Matter made up of thefe Efliuxes, doth inaiiiftflly all-cc} a great compafs of the Air, ten thoufand times greater, than the bodies emitting thcfc Heams. Whence it may be evinced, with as much cafe as clearnefs, they are Spirituous, Minute, and Light, elfe the Air Could not be fnpplied with a fcent fo long time, by fo finall Atomes of Matter, Which affiduoufly fendeth out for many hours f0 large recruits of invifiblc fieamsgs are neceflary for maintenance of the fccnt; which is f0 hot in a blown Deer, that I have feen the Hounds chafe him, and tingle him out in themidPt 0i aHerd of Deer. Whereupon the fleams ( ifliiing out of the bodies of Animals, through "Cir Pores into the Air) are very fubtle, feeing they cannot be difcerned by the quickeft fight: And becaufe, out of a finall quantity of Matter, numei rous eflluxes may be emitted without much decrement of the Body ( out of which they Tranfpire ‘) as it plainly appeareth, by weighing it in a balance, after the EfHuvia have been a long time imparted to the Air: whofe quarters K are The "rain; do focnihndy theinllees wrth Air. that they letni its tonlhtucnt parts. The Elihu/ii will until the Air at a great dilhnce from llh‘ place where the 130-, dies art-lodpea, out of wind! the ilcams are emitted. |
