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or to that ioteftine and ubufiial motion of the partSj that 
caufes or accompanies PutrefacStion in Rotten Wood or 
Fiihes^ fince upon the firft and hveheft appearance of the 
Light, there was not any ("at leaft that could taken no- 
tice of by thefenfes: j To deternaioe tlm^ I fay, ir f-eaiM 
to me io difficult a task^ that 1 fliall willingly leave the So- 
lution of fuch abftrufe Phsnomenas ^% feme of ours uoat* 
tempted; efpecially fince I mayj God pefmitting, make an 
Hiftorical mention of them the day after to morrow at 
the Meeting of the T{pyal Society ^ where I doubt not much 
more and more to the purpofe will be (aid and confider'd^ 
than I have vanity to think n^yfelf capable of offeriog.Oo- 
ly, for the prevention of fome oeedlefs coojedloresj to 
which without this previous Advertifement one m'ght upon 
plaufible grounds indulge,! fliall in the mean while add and 
conclude with one Obiervation more, which may po{Ebly 
take off our thoughts from ftriving to deduce the Shining 
of our Veal from the peculiar nourifliment^ or conftitutionj 
or properties of that individual Calf 5 whofe flefli^c^r.was 
luminous, Forj having feveral nights fent purpolely into 
the Larder, to obferve, whether any Veal, fince brought 
thither, or any other meat^ did afford any light, a negative 
anfwer was alwaies brought me back ; fave at one time, 
which happened to be within lefs than 48 hours of that, at 
which the Luminoufnefs of the Veal had been fii ft taken 
notice of-, for at this time there was in the fame Larder a 
confpicaous light feen in a Puilet^ihit huog up there^which 
having caus'd to be brought up into a darkned place in my 
chamber in the eight time, I perceived four or five lumi- 
nous places, which were not indeed near lo large as thofe 
of the Veal 3 but were little lefs vivid than they. All of 
thefe I took notice to be either upon or near the Rumpjand 
that,which appeared moft like a Spark of Fire, fhone at the 
very tip of that part* Yet was not this Foul mortified, nor 
at all ill-feoted, but fo freflij> that the next day I found it 
very good m^at. But whether this may reafonably lead to 
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