264 Tie Wisdom of GOD Part II. 



were there no Shuts or Stopples made for the 

 Ears, that fo any loud or fharp Noife might 

 awaken it, as alfo a foft and gentle Voice of 

 Murmur provoke it to fleep. Now the Ears, for 

 the Benefit and Conveniences of the Animal^ be- 

 ing alv^ays to ftand open, becaufe there was fome 

 danger that Infeds might creep in thereat, and 

 eating their way thro' the I'ympanum harbour in 

 the Cavities behind it, therefore hath Nature lo- 

 ricated or plaifter'd over the fides of the fore- 

 mention'd Hole with Ear-wax, to flop and en- 

 tangle any Infects that ihould attempt to creep 

 in there. But I muft confefs my felf not fuffi- 

 ciently to underftand the nature of Sounds, to 

 give a full and fatisfaftory Account of the Stru- 

 dxire and Ufes of all the Parts of the Ear^ they 

 who have a mind to fearch into the curious Ana- 

 tomy and Ufe of this Part, may confult Mon- 

 fieur du Verney. 



Fourthly, The next Part I fhall take notice of 

 fhall be the 'Teethy concerning which I find feven 

 Obfervations in the honourable Mr. Boyle's Trea- 

 tife of filial Caufes, which I fhall briefly recapitu- 

 late, and add one or two more. 



I. That the Teeth alone, among the Bones, 

 continue to grow in length during a Man's whole 

 Life, as appears by the unfightly Length of one 

 Tooth, when its Oppofite happens to fall or be 

 puU'd out, which was mofl providently defign'd 

 to repair the Wafte that is daily made of them 



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