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nefs, and foon became a heal ftrong young 

 man. 



The largeft of thefe five balls which was 

 ihe firil extraded, is five inches in circum- 

 ference and fomething globular, but with 

 feveral prominences and flat furfaces. Moft 

 of the flat parts had a fmooth fhining tar-^ 

 tarous thin coat, the reft of it was more 

 rough and of a fpongy appearance. The two 

 iaft brought away, are lefs in'bulk, and with- 

 out fo much tartarous cruft. The two fmall 

 ones are. all covered over with the fhining tar- 

 tarous cruft, which in feveral places is pret- 

 tily variegated with different fl^ades of an 

 afhy colour. One of them has feme refem- 

 blance in its fhape to the fhell of a tortoifeJ 

 The other or fmalleft may be compared to 

 two pyramids joined by a common bafe. 



The fecond in fize and the fmalleft are cut 

 thro' near to the middle, where there is a 

 fmall flat bone, that probably has been the 

 the nucleus about which thefe balls were 

 formed, tho' they are not of the fame 

 fhape. 



We were informed by the parents, that 

 they had often chid their fon for fwallowing 

 the fmall bones of fheep and lambs feet, the 



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