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Rcfufcit athn of a Moufc* 



&ft 



of 



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1 judging the fa<5l to be important, 

 as conne(5led with the inveftigatibn of natural hiftory, I applied 

 to Mr. Andrews for the purpofe of preferring it, and received 

 from him the narration as enclofed. Being apprifed of the 



ule I intended to make of it, Mr. Andrews appeared cautious 



not to flate any thing, which he could not clearly recolledl. 



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O. F. 



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In the month of November, A. D. 1 798, being at work with 

 my hired man, Luke Lincoln^ in removing fome loamy fand 

 from a ridge, which projedled into a meadow, we difcovered 

 a fubflance of about the fize of a goofe t.g%^ wliich from its 



colour and confidence, we at firft fuppofed to be a piece of 



mortar, or a Iwmp of clay 



; being as hard as dried 



ckus 



expofed to the fun. After feveral attempts, with the c< 

 of a ipade, we broke it, and to our furprife, found its m 

 was a moiife^ rounded into a compad form, which, upon beings 

 removed from the fhell, left a vacancy of the fame dimenfions 

 ^s its fize. . 



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Recolk<5ling to have heard of the refufcitation o£tcadsy dug 



from the earth 



a 



fimilar fim 



making 



nm 



and with a view 

 the 



oF 



all 



appearance dead, into the houfe, and placed it at a proper dif 

 tance from the fire to obtain a gradual 



warmtl 



Some 



fymptoms of 



ning life beg 



foon 



appear ; after 



little ftruggling, in a few minutes it was reflored to a perfect: 



living Hate/and ran off with adivity. • 



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The 



