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Country-man, Dr. Robert Hook) who tells us, 

 That fome of his Friends (whofe Teftimonials 

 he defired), did affirm. That they had feen 

 loooo, others 30000, others 45000 little liv- 

 ing Creatures, in a Quantity of Water no big- 

 ger than a Grain of Millet ; and yet he made 

 it his Requeft to them, that they would only ju- 

 ftify (that they might be within compiafs) half 

 ♦ the Number that they believed each of them 

 faw in the Water. From the greateft of thefe 

 Numbers he infers, that there will be 8280000 

 of thefe living Creatures feen in one Drop of 

 Water j which Number (faith he) I can with 

 Truth affirm, I have difcerned. This (proceeds 

 he) doth exceed Belief: But I do affirm, if a 

 large Grain of Sand were broken into 8000000 of 

 equal Parts, one of thefe would not exceed the 

 Bignefs of one of thofe Creatures. Dr. Hook 

 tells us, That after he had difcovered vaft Mul- 

 titudes of thofe exceeding fmall Creatures which 

 Mn Lmenhoek had defcribed, upon making ufe 

 of other Lights and GlaiTes, he not only magni- 

 fied thofe he had difcovered to a very great Big^ 

 nefs, but difcovered many other forts very much 

 fmaller than them he firft faw, and fome of them 

 fo exceeding fmall, that Millions of MillioriJ^ 

 might be contained in one Drop of Water. If 

 Fliny, confidering fuch Infeds as were known to 

 him, and thofe were none but what Wjbre vi- 

 fible to the naked Eye, was moved to cry our, 

 That the Artifice of Nature was no where more 

 confpicuous than in thefe. And again, In hii, 



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