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" \vhicl\ fcom lo ho of the lanie t'ublhincc with that of th.c quill, that 

 *• is, a iVitV tnmrivuvnt honu fublhuKo. 



" As for the make aiul contoxturo of the downi itfolf, it is indeed 

 " very rare and admirable, ami fiioh as I can haixlly believe. tli.-it 

 •' the like is to bj difeovered in any other body in the world ; for 

 •* thctv is h.ndlv a larjio Feather in the wini): of a biixl, but contains 

 " near a n\illion of di It ini"-t parts, and every one of them niai)ed in 

 " a mofl ivc'ular and admirable form, adapted to a particular dcfign ; 

 " for, exainininq; a mid.lle fi/.ed goofe quill, I oalilv enouv;h founil' 

 •* with mv naked eve. that the nuiin Hem of it contained about <oo 

 *' longer and moiv dowtiy branchinajs uixm oik* Hde, and as many on 

 " the other of moiv iVilVbut fomewhat Ihorter branchings. Many 

 '* of thefo long and downy branchings, examined with an or- 

 •* dinary microfeoiv. I fv utul divers of them to contain near 1200 

 •' fmall leaves, ^^as I may c;ill them) fuch as KF in the figure* 

 " and as many fhilks : on the other fide, fuch as IK in the fame 

 " fijruiv. each of the leaves or branchings. EF. feenKxl to be di- 

 ** vidotl into about fixteen or eighteen fmall Joints, as may be feen 

 *• plainlv enough in the fig\nv, out of molt of which theiv feemed 

 '" to grow fmall long fibivs. fuch ai! are expixMlWi in the figinv, each 

 " of them very piv'ivrtion.ibly fl\a|x\l accoixling to its jx^fition, or 

 " placed oi\ the llalk F. F ; thofe on the under lido of it. namely, 

 *' 1. ^^.,s..V-o*^"-7''^>^-' ^*'- being much longer than thofe diret'^tly op- 

 " |H>fite to them on the up|KT ; and divers of them, fuch as 3.^.4,5. 

 " o\ 7. S.Q, ^c. wcix" terminatevl w ith fmall crooks, much lefem- 

 •• Ming thofe fmall cixniks, which ai-e vifible enough tx> the naked 

 " c\e, in the iVvd- buttons of buixWks, The Italks likewife, I K. on 

 " the other fitle. feemevJ divider! into near as nianx fmall knotted 

 "joints, but w ithout any apiKXuance of firing's or cixvks. each of 

 ** them aKnii the middle K. ftx:med dividixl into two parts bv a kind 



