Royal Society. 315 
Jin Accmnt of a Stone bred at the Root of the Tongue 5 by 
Mr. Bonavert, Phil. Tranf. N° 247. p. 440- 
7'Homas Wood of Wrotham was fb troubled with a quinfey that 
he could hardly fwallow any liquid ^ Mr. 'Bonavert found 
the tumour tend to fuppuration inwardly about the root of his 
tongue on the right fide, but without any fign of fuppuration 
outwardly, tho' it appeared there almoft as big as an egg j he or- 
dered the patient maturating gargles, and the next day he broke 
it with his finger and brought out of his mouth near f of a pint 
of matter, and with it at Tail a ftone Fig. 7 j he had like wile a 
Ranula, and before he had broke the tumour and fpit out the cor- 
ruption he could hardly fpeak ^ Mr. Sonavert believed that this 
flone was of the fame nature as thofe generated in the kidneys 
and bladder : The weight of this ftone in air was 7 grains, in 
water 3-1, and therefore its Ipecific weight compared with water 
is as 1931 to 100.0. 
A Tiece of Saxon Antiquity found in Somerfetfliire 5 by 
Tir. W. Mufgrave. Phil.'Tranf. N° 247. p. 441- 
THERE, Fig. 8. Plate IX. was a curious piece of antiquity 
lately found at Aikelney in Somerfeipire where king Al- 
fred built, according to Milton^ a fortrefs, but according to Wil- 
liam of Malmsburyy a monaftery, in memory, as Ibme thmk of 
his deliverance, obfcure retreat and concealment in that place 
from the IJanes 5 the work is lo very fine that fome have quelli- 
oned its true age, but in all probability it did belong to that great 
king 5 the edge is thin as tar as the letters, which are upon a 
plane rifing obliquely 5 all within the inner pyramidal line is on 
a plane equidiftant from the reverfe 5 the repreientation in that 
upper plane feems to be of fome perlbn in a chair j it is in enamel 
covered over with a chryftal, which is fecured m its place by 
the little leaves coming over its edges ^ in the reverfe are flowers 
engraved^ the whole piece may weigh three guineas 5 except the 
chryftal and enamel it is all of pure gold 5 which perhaps was 
an amulet of king Alfred''^. 
An Account of the Catalogue of Manufcripts, printed at Ox- 
ford. Phil. Tranf. N° 247- P- 442- 
THIS catalogue valued at i /. %s. confifts of two tomes, 
the firft takes in the manufcripts in the 'Bodleian, Sruilian 
and Apmokan libraries, which belong to the univerfity in gene- 
ral, in part ift, and the manufcripts in moft of our collegc- 
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