ihe other EngUJh Phntations in America mqudnt ns with their Ve- 
getables and ether rarities^ cbiefiy for Medicine and ckimrgerj, 
Kevmes found to be in England ^ ^^^Gochioeil a \indof Kermes^ 
The dancing Foyfonof the TzYSimnh»Spider and the Muscat cure 
diibelievd in Otranto and Calabria.^^e/r proper plaices^ The man^ 
ner how the bitings of Vipers do poifen , with great diligence exue 
min d in Italy-^ their refnlt more than once contradiSed in France. 
i:he Lake h^mAin^and the Rhine runing through it ; fome Fifh Can- 
iom%>ing there^ fome Wanderers^ and many remarkables ^ accurately 
'defcribed, TheVJindsy in all their guifef ^ b) Sea and Land traced to 
their Originals. Prognojiick;f ^Remedies or Pre ventions of Dearth and 
mortalities proposd,Regiflers of Weather pa^.of price of Cornjhuman 
Births and Burials ^follicited. 
Here are fome elaborate refearches made into the Prerogative of 
Mans Miod, the pretences to knowledge in Beafts^i^e Souls of Brutes^ 
the manner ofScnfMoa^and Animation 5 into all the curious Moti^ 
ens in nature^perceptive^appetitive^ vital. The poyfes of Gra vicatioa 
are here weighed in Philofophical Scales .both relatively and pofitively. 
The operations ywhich the varying Weight of the Atmoj^here may have 
even upon Mens Sichnefor healthy are inquired into. 
And for Voyages^a Parifian hath begun to give us the fourth Part 
of his Colle&ions ^relating to the Spanip Provinces in America 
two Englifh travellors have enricht uimth their Ohfervationjs of the 
Low^ Countries ^France, German fy Helvetia^ Orifons^ Italy^ Sicily^ 
Malta and Spain. General Geography compleated beyond what others 
were aware of^ 
My Lord, I am fenftble^ I have gone beyond the bounds of an Ad- 
dref^ prefumingon your Lord/hips patience^ whiiji I endeavor (as in 
your prefence) tofatisfie Juch as are pleased to accept of the beji fatirfa* 
Sion I am able to offer, and which is thinks fufficient to prove j that 
knowledge grows on daily ^more and more^and that our motion perfe* 
veres to be progrejjive. And your Lordjhip well l^norvs, (and our Re- 
giflers partly puhltjh*d^ partly refervd, do tffiifie it^ ) that the Defigns 
of his Majefties Royal Inititutionreceivegood ajfijtanc^ and applauje 
froh the mofi Eminent in the chief parts of the World , and is either 
encouragd or emulated by mofi tf the Kings and Princes in Europe^ 
May this Royal Societjj arid the Noble Sciences ever jimrijh ^ and 
may your Lordjloip , and ally that favor thefe obliging Dejigns ^ ever 
froJJ>er^ So wifheth^ My Lord^ 
Your Lordfliips 
Very hurabie and oKedient Servant, 
Heory OldenburgjSoc.Reg.Secr. 
