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London, and did apply to a Trine aspect of the cusp of the 

 sixt house, I iudged the Dog was not out of the lines of 

 communication, but in the same quarter ; of which I was 

 more confirmed by the Sun and Saturn, their Trine aspect. 

 The signe wherein Mercury is in is Libra, an ayery signe. 

 I judged the Dog was in some chamber or upper room 

 kept privately or in great secrecy ; because the moon was 

 under the Beames of the sun, and Mercury, Moon, and 

 Sun, were in the eight house, but because the Sun on 

 Monday following did apply by Trine dexter to Saturn, 

 Lord of the ascendant, and Moon to Sextile of Mars ; 

 having exaltation in the ascendant, I intimated that in my 

 opinion he should have his Dog againe, or newes of his 

 Dog upon Monday following, or neer that time ; which 

 was true ; for a gentleman of the querem's acquaintance 

 sent him the Dog the very same day about ten in the 

 morning, who by accident coming to see a friend in Long 

 Acre, found the Dog chained up under a table, and sent 

 him home as above said, to my very great credit." 



The henbane is in flower from the beginning of June, 

 the corolla being somewhat funnel-shaped in form, and of 

 a dingy pale yellow colour veined with dull purple. The 

 flowers are arranged in a long succession of blossoms at 

 the extremities of the stems, and all turn in one direction, 

 these stems being somewhat pendulous. The calyx is 

 tubular and five-cleft, and very strongly veined, and firmly 

 enclosed within this we presently, after the passing away 

 of the blossom, find the capsular fruit. This is two-celled, 

 and opens very curiously, when the seeds have come to 

 maturity, by means of a convex lid. The capsule is 

 many-seeded, and these seeds ripen some time between. 



