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I Say the same of Smells, viz. that the Distances at which they are perceived are the Roots of the Quan∣tity of the Matter out of which they are emitted; which Doctrin I apply to solve what I once did hard∣ly believe, viz. that Ships coming from America to∣wards Portugal, did smell the Rosemary and other
odoriferous herbs 60 miles off from the Land: The which seems not only cre∣dible, but very likely. For, if a foot square of a Rose∣mary-Field may be smelt one Perch or Rod (whereof 320 make a mile,) then a∣bout 8000 Acres of Land, whereon such sented Plants do grow (or a piece of Land about 4 miles long, and 3 miles broad; or 6 miles long, and 2 miles broad) may be smelt 64 miles: And 72000 Acres
of the like Land, or a par∣cel of such Land about 11 miles square, may be smelt as many leagues, or near 200 miles. And this Con∣sideration I pitch upon, as one of the grounds where∣upon I would build a Do∣ctrin concerning the Influ∣ence of the Stars, and other Celestial or remote Bodies upon the Globe of the Earth, and its Inhabitants, both Men and Brutes.