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pofed on. When Medicines are fo dear, 

 they are very liable to be counterfeited. 



The Stone found in the Chamoife, 

 Porcupine, and Monkey, are fuppofed to 

 have the fame Virtues, being deemed a 

 Kind of Bezoar ; and moreover, there is 

 attributed to them a much greater medi- 

 cinal Power by many credulous People 

 for they have been often worn as Charms, 

 or Prefervatives againft Difeafes. 



The largeil Stone of this Kind the Au- 

 thor of thefe Sheets ever faw, <:>r indeed 

 heard of, to have been taken out of 

 the Body of any Animal, is now in the 

 Pofieffion of a Miller, who lives at a little 

 Village near Bures m Suffolk y it was 

 found in the Body of a Mare, which died 

 foon after dropping a Foal. The Beail 

 expired in fuch Agonies, that the Owner 

 had the Curiofity to have her opened, 

 and by that Means difcovered this won- 

 derful Stone. It is nearly of a globular 

 Figure, of a brownifti Colour, and would 

 but juft lay in the Crown of my Hat. 



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