the other EngUJh Flantathns in America acquaint us with their Vt^ 
getables and other rarities ^ chiefly for Medicine and Chirurgerfm 
Kervaes found to be in England y andQoch\n€i\ a kfnd of Kermet^ 
The dancing Toy [on of the Tarantu]a»5'/)/^er and the Muficalcure 
disbelieved in Otranto and Calabriaj^Ae/r proper places^ The man* 
^er how the bitings i?/^ Vipers dopoifon^ with great diligence exa* 
min din Italy '-^ their refultmore than once contradiffed in France. 
The Lake Ltmzm^andthe Rhine runing through it 5 feme Fi/h Can^ 
tonizingthere^ fome Wanderers^ and many remarkahles ^ accurately 
dejcribed. TheWindSj in all their guifes ^ by Sea and Land traced to 
their Originals. Pirognofiicl{S ^Remedies or Preventions of Dearth and 
Pfortalities proposd.RegiJiers of Weather pa^fif price of Cornjbuman 
Births and Burials ^follicited. 
Here are fome elaborate refearches made into the Prerogative of 
Mans Mxtsd'fthe pretences to kpowledgein Beafts^lAe Souls of Brutes^ 
the manner of%tu{MOn^and Animation 5 into all the curious Moti* 
ons in nature^ perceptive^appetitive^ vital. The poyfes of Gravica tioo 
are here weighed in Philofophical Scales, both relatively andpofitively» 
The operations ^which the varying Weight of the AtmoJ^here may have 
even upon Mens Sic^neJ^or healthy are inquired into. 
And for Voyages ^a Parifian hath begun to give us the fourth Part 
of his ColleSions^ relating to the Spanifh Provinces in Amtv\c^:And 
two Englifli Travellors have enricht us with their Ohfervations of the 
LoW'€ountries J France, Germanjf, Helvetia, Orijons, Italy^ Sicily^ 
Malta and Spain. General Geography compleated beyond what others 
were aware of^ 
My Lord, / am fenjible, I have gone beyond the bounds of an Ad* 
dre^^ prejuming onyour Lord/hips patience, whilfi I endeavor (as in 
your prefence) to fatisfiejuch as are pleased to accept ofthebeji fathfa^ 
8ion I am able to pffer, and which is^Ithink^fufficientto prove y that 
knowledge grows on daily^more and more^and that our motion perfem 
veres to be progrejfive. And your Lordjhip well f^ows, (and our Re* 
gijiers partly publijh*dipartly refervdy do tefiifie it, ) that the Dejigns 
of his Majejiies Royal Iniiitution receive good ajfijiance and applauje 
from the mofi Eminent in the chief parts of the World, and is either 
encouragdor emulated by mofi of the Kings and Princes in Europe^ 
May this Royal Society, and the Noble Sciences ever fiourijh^ and 
may your Lordfhip , and all j that favor thefe obliging Dejigns 5 ever 
pro^err Sowifi}eth^vc^:,uM%h^d^iy V n - 
. .Your Lora(h]|)s, ,s 
Henry Oldenburg^ Soc.Reg!;Secr. 
