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Sir H. Saville was of opinion, that this nona hispaniensis in Britannia, was 

 one of those established by Tiberius, Caius, or Claudius, or perhaps in the 

 latter times of Augustus ; but however that it was certainly here in Nero's 

 reign ; and that Paetus Cerealis was then lieutenant of it, is indisputably evident 

 from Tacitus, lib. 14, cap. 10, who gives a lamentable account of the slaughter 

 of 70,000 citizens and confederates, by the enraged Boadicea, in which num- 

 ber was all the foot of this ninth legion : Cerealis with the horse hardly escaping. 

 I suppose it needless to add, that this number is frequently by the Romans writ- 

 ten Villi as well as IX ; for one that is but competently versed in their coins or 

 inscriptions, cannot but have observed instances of both kinds. Those who 

 have written about the Roman legions, have said nothing about the place of 

 residence of this Qth legion ; only Ursatus, in his book de Notis Rom. remarks 

 that it must be somewhere in Britain, because Tacitus tells us, that when the 

 colony at Camalodunum, was destroyed by Boadicea, Paetilius Cerealis, legate 

 of the Qth legion, came to their assistance ; but yet he makes no mention of its 

 being styled victrix. 



De Quadrup edibles Philippensihus Tractat, a Reverendo Georg. Jos. Camel. 



transmissus Jacobo Petiver, Pharmacop. et Societ. Regice Soc. Londini. 



N°304, p. 2197. 



A catalogue, with very short remarks, of 49 specimens of the Philippine 

 quadrupeds. 



Microscopical Observations on the Seeds of several East-India Plants. By Mr. 

 Anthony Fan Leuwenhoeck, F. R. S. N° 305, p. 2205. 



The euwane is a tree in the East Indies, much about the size of the elder; 

 and in flower, scent, and figure, not very dissimilar; but the branches are 

 armed with thorns. It is used inwardly by nobody, excepting some women, 

 who, disagreeing with their husbands, make use of it in order to kill themselves; 

 it being an infallible poison. When these women have taken such a resolution, 

 they take half a handful of the leaves of the tree, and boiling them in water, 

 they put to it a certain oil, called sinselen, and so drink or eat it up ; half an 

 hour after which, they perceive a kind of convulsion in their head, and vomit 

 or retch four or five times ; lastly, they lose their senses, and foaming at the 

 mouth, they fret and speak like fools or mad persons till they die : so that it 

 seems that the poison thickens the humours or fluid parts of the body, till their 

 circulation quite ceases. Some end their lives in one, others in two or three 

 days, according as they have taken more or less of the leaves. The seed of this 



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