172 Xi)c :^ttatom^ 



rounding a Uooj^cbcrry-feed, The 

 putting o( Clary-fced into the Eye, 

 may have been brought into ufe 

 from this Mncjlagc ^ by which a- 

 lon^ it may become Medicinal. 

 And thus far of the Superficies. 



The nature of the outer Coat is 



various 5 Memhrrinous ^ Cartilagi- 



no^^nd Stonj*^ the lik^ Precipita- 



tions being (bmetimes made herein^ 



as in a Stone or Shell 5 as in that 



of the Seeds of C<^r^/;'^/7^//;^, Litho* 



fpsrnmm ^ and others. The De- 



fignment hereof, being either with 



reipeft to the Seed m its ftate of 



Generation 5 as where the Cafe is 



either vv^anting, or at lead infufE- 



cient of it lelf ^ there for its due 



protedion and warmth 5 or^ in its 



ftate of Vegetation^ for the better 



Fermenting of its Tinctures and 



Sap 5 the Fermentations of fbme 



Seeds not well proceeding, unlefs 



they lie in their Stony Casks in the 



Mould 3 like Bottled Liquors in 



Sand. All 



