(seq. 214)

and that universally those Sounds with a Difference
may be most easily compared on the most agreeable [Buffo?]
Musicians therefore have contented themselves with
7 different proportions of Sounds, called Notes - and in
oder to give variety have admitted half tones, but
in these Country where music is in its Infancy these
are rejected as the Chinese who have neither flute nor
[?]

The smell is much stronger in Bruts than
in Men and of the latter those Nations that abstain
from animal food have it in greatest Perfection -
The Bramans of India are said to smell the Water that they
Drink - The Negroes of the Antilles are [said be?]
the smell alone to distinguish between the footsteps of
a frenchman and a Negro - it is probable that
[burning?] [?] the [?] of [?]

Dogs of the smelling Membrane spread upon a large speciall
Cavity in the head

The taste depends on Moisture

All animals that are furnished with hands have
same understanding than others