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tHercUJitOj catifcth different efFefts^ as to the ftrength it recei- 
veth from the Stone s himfelf as having tryed all forts of 
Steely that he could polTibly procurCj and all the different Te;5^^ 
pers he could imagine, for the moft powerful receiving and re- 
taining the vertue from the Load Sto^e l yhevem he afErms to 
have fully fatisfied himfelf, fo that he can infufe fuch vertue into 
a piece o( Steely that it lhall take up a piece of Iron of two 
weight or more 5 and givealfo to a Needle^ the vertue 
of conforming to the Magneticd Meridian^ without the help of ^ 
Load' Stone ^ or any thing elfe 5 that hath received vertue there- 
from. 
So far this Anfwerer'^ whom as we cannot but much commend 
for his diligence in fearching, and fraoknefi of communicating 5 
fo we give thefe particulars to the pubiick^ that further Tryals 
may be made by others^ for mor^ difcovery 5 hoping withall^ 
that the fame Inquifitiveperfon 3 that hath made thefe returns 5 
will notfcrupleto add to them the wayes3 he ufes for infufing 
that Magmtical vertue into Steel Needles^ without the help 
of a Load'Som^ fpoken of in the end of this his Anjvpcrk 
Extrai^ of' a Letter^ Written from ?zns^ containing an Ac^ 
count of [ome EfeSis of the Transfufion of Bkud;;- and^ 
of two Monftrous Births^ 
I was prefentj when il/ G^/^^^ fhew*d the Transfufion of the 
Bloudj putting that of a Young Dog into the Veins of an Old^ 
who, two hours after, did leap and frisk 5 whereas he wasalmofl : 
blind with age, and could hardly ftirr before. 
In the Houfe of M. Bourdelots was fbe w'd a Monfter in form of 
an Ape, having atl over its fhoulders, almoft to his mrddle, a 
mafs of flefli, that came from the hinder part of its head, and ^ 
hung down in form of a little GloaL The report is^ that the 
Woman that brought it forth, had feen on a Stage an Ape fo 
cloathed: The moft remarkable thing was, that the faid mafs 
of flefli was divided in four parts, correfpondent to the Coat, 
the Ape did carry; The Woman, upon inquiry, was found to 
have gone five months with Child, before (he had met with the 
accident of that unhappy fight* . Many queftions were on this 
occafion agitated ; ^/j&o ^ about the Power ofimagination^ and^ 
whether^ 
