i io Mr. Oldetiburgirt Letter. 



Narrative already. Another, to experiment, to what 

 Degree of Magnitude a Maggot may be advanced, by 

 continuing to give it new Fleih every z or 3 Days, 

 upon the Occafion of Sir Sam. Luke's Relation of a 

 Maggot, which, within 2 Months, by that way, in- 

 creafed to the Bignefs of a Man's Thigh. A third, 

 to try whether Infe£ts will be bred in a Beef's Bladder 

 fo clofe that no Paflage be left for any Fly-blows? 

 And becaufe Flies may be faid to have blown on the 

 outfide of the Bladder, and the Fly-blows to have 

 £aten through the Bladder, it will be proper to in- 

 clude fuch a Bladder in a Cafe, to defend it from Fly* 

 blows outwardly as well as inwardly. A fourth, to 

 try, if Occafion ferveth^ the Virtue of Lichen cine- 

 reus terrefirisy which was faid to be exceedingly effi- 

 cacious in curing Dogs bitten by Mad I)ogs. A Fifth 5 

 to enquire of Mr. Fijher whether he be Matter of the 

 Experiment of diffblving Glafs^ and reducing it into 

 a white Calx$. and after the Glafs is well moiften'd 

 with the Menftruum^ whether it be capable to be 

 ihaved with a Knife, almoft like Horn ? And farther^ 

 whether the Menfiruum employed for that Purpofe 

 performs upon all Sorts of Glafs ? 



I intreat you, Sir, to prefent Mr. Ray with my 

 Bearty Service ^ and, he being concern'd in fome of 

 thefe Particulars, to give him the reading of this Pa- 



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* Dr. Grew is now amongft us at ArundeUHoufe^ ma- 

 king now and then very good Obfervations upon 

 Plants : And having fhew'd to the Company, among 

 divers Particulars, the Trachea mention'd by Mai- 

 fighi in his Dilbourfe of Vegetables that you have 

 feen. 



He hath been defired to endeavour whether he can 

 difcover any fuch thing as a Perifialtick Motion iri 

 Plants when growing? For which Purpofe he hath 

 been directed to chute fome of the bigger Sort, where- 



