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The 13 cases abovementioned are numbered from 15 to 27 inclusively, 

 corresponding to which is the register of the objects, two to every case, a$ 

 follows : 



N° 15. Globules of blood, from which its redness proceeds. 

 A thin slice of wood of the lime-tree, where the vessels conveying the sap 

 are cut transversely. 



N° l6. The eye of a gnat. 



N° 17. A crooked hair, to which adheres a ring-worm, with a piece of the 

 cuticle. 



A small hair from the hand, by which it appears those hairs are not round. 



N° 18. Flesh of the codfish, showing how the fibres lie oblique to the 

 membranes. 



An embryo of cochineal, taken from the egg, in which the limbs and horns 

 are conspicuous. 



N° 19. Small pipes, which compose the elephant's tooth. 



Part of the crystalline humour, from the eye of a whale. 



N° 20. A thread of sheep's-wool, which is broken, and appears to consist 

 of many lesser threads. 



The instrument, whence a spider spins the threads, that compose his web. 



N° 21. A granade, or spark, made in striking fire. 



The vessels in a tea-leaf. 



N^ 22. The animalcula in semine masculino, of a lamb taken from the 

 testicle, July 24, 1702. 



A piece of the tongue of a hog, full of sharp points. 



N° 23. A fibre of codfish, consisting of long slender particles. 



Another of the same. 



N° 24. A filament, conveying nourishment to the nutmeg, cut transversely. 



Another piece of the same, showing the figure of the vessels. 



N° 25. Part of the tooth abovementioned, consisting of hollow pipes. 



An exceedingly thin membrane, being that which covered a very small muscle. 



N° 26. Vessels by which membranes receive nourishment and increase. 



A bunch of hair from the insect called a hair-worm. 



N° 27. The double silk, spun by the worm. 



The organ of sight of a fly. 



It were endless to enter into any particulars of what is to be observed in any 

 of these objects, or indeed to give any account of Mr. L's discoveries, they 

 are so numerous as to make up a considerable part of the Philos. Trans, and 

 when collected together, to fill 4 pretty large volumes in quarto, which have 

 been published by him at several times ; and of such consequence, as to have 



