( 4 ) are'hiTly efteemcd in Europe for that Quality. In the famous City of Malacca, in the Eajl- Indies, they fay there is a Sort of earthen VefTel that fmells admirably, in fo great abundance, that it is little efteemcd, and they make all their moft fervile Sort of Ware of it : And in fome Mines good fmelling Earth hath been met withal, although moft commonly that kind of Earth is of an ill Scent. Agricola relates, that when Henry Prince of Saxony was in Mariemburg, there came fo fweet a Smell out of the Mine, which they called St Sebajlian, that the Prince ad mired thereat, and faid, that he thought lie was in Calivet, that famous Country of the Indies, which for it’s rare Smells and other Ex cellencies hath been thought by judicious Men to be the Paradife wherein Adam of old, and the Fathers now enjoy God upon Earth. The Metal that comes out of the Mines which they call Palos is of a good Smell, it they light not upon fome baftard Mineral that accompanies, and has infedted it: And this good Smell is a great Sign of the Richnefs of the Stones of that Mine, and of the Earth which they get there called Lampos. This Experiment is ordinary in Lead or Tin Mines ; and it isufual for the Miners to judge of their Oar by the Smell, as well as by the Tafte. Other Sorts of Metal for the moft part have an ill Smell, either becaufe of their own natural Diftempcr, or by reafon of their being generally mixed with Brimftonc, Cop peras, or other malignant Juices. Some do think, that, over and above what hath been faid, there is fome Matter in the Rowels