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the liquor, and the whole refembled the web of 

 a fpider befprinkled with drops of dew. 



E X P E R. X. 



By the firft experiments, I perceived that thefe 

 fmall moving bodies changed their figures ; and 

 I imagined, that, in general, they diminifhed in 

 bulk, though I was not then altogether certain 

 of the fad. But my fubfequent obfervations 

 removed every doubt. At the 12th and 13th 

 hour, the bodies were vifibly finaller ; but, as 

 they diminifhed in bulk, their fpecific gravity in- 

 creafed, elpecially when they ceafed to move, 

 which they generally did all at once, and fell 

 down to the bottom in the form of an afh-co- 

 loured fedlment, which v/as perceptible by the 

 naked eye ; and, by the alTillance of the micro- 

 fcope, it appeared to be compofed of globules 

 attached to one another, fometimes by threads, 

 and at other times in groups, but alv/ays in a re- 

 gular manner. 



E X P E R. XL 



Having procured the frefh femen of a dogj 

 I obferved that this liquor was clear, and had 

 very little tenacity. 1 examined it without the 

 addition of water, and T perceived moving bodies 



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