Mr. Wray to Mr. Lifter. 27 



ter do&os conftans opinio fit , a feptentrionali asqua- 

 toris parte cochleas omnes (motum fc. folis obfervan- 

 do) a finiftra dextram versus torqueri. Nec ego un- 

 quam inveni qualem tu defcribis. Sive ergo aliae 

 fint hujus generis, five hasc fola exceptio fit , & di- 

 ligenter fervari, & exa£te dcferibi, depingique mere* 

 tur- Ni mora in hac urbe mea incerta fuiflet a te il- 

 lam petiiflem, ut Regali Societati (cujus nuper par* 

 ticeps faffcusfum) monftrarem. Die Lunse proximo 

 (favente numine) Suflexiam petam Londino relido, 

 ubi vanis pollicitationibus nimis diu detent us fui. 



Lond'mi ix Cal. Dtcembr. 1667. 



Sir Phil, Skippon to Mr. Wray. 

 SIR, 1 



THE Dean, [fPtlkins'] fays -he, is confident no 

 Man can tranflate his Book [Real Character J 

 better than your felf. Yefterday the Transfufion of 

 Blood was experimented upon the fame Body they 

 hired at firft: They let out 8 or 10 Ounces of his 

 own, and then transfufed of the Sheep's arterial Blood 

 about 14. or 16 Ounces. There was a great Company 

 prefent. The fweet fmelling Earth found in Captain 

 Maffey's Garden in Hogfden^ you have heard of already j 

 an Oyl has been extracted which fmells fweet. The 

 Journal des S caverns relates, that Caffini hath difcovered 

 ,and defcribed the Motions of Venus about her own Axis, 



Dec. 13, 1667. 



Sir Phil. Skippon to Mr. Wray. 



SIR, . ' t ^rSvjtt 



THE Effe&s of the Transfufion are not feen, the 

 Coffee-Houfes having endeavoured to debauch 

 E z the 



