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of Cyprus helore, and dipping it in^?y/it gave as good a 
aflame as other Weeks, till the Oyl was confum'd ; the Weel^ 
remaining in the fame proportion as at fitft. Being fa- 
tisfied it was tncombujiible, and inftrtKSted by one of 3 our 
Chymical Lectures in the Natural Hijlory Schoole , that 
/^r had, and might be made of it, 1 reiolv d to try whe- 
ther any could, be made of this i which \i not iileful, 
might at leaft prove furprizing to fuch as knew not the 
material ofitj by its not yielding to the/r^ ; to which 
end J pounded fome quantity of it in a Stone Mortar , till 
it became a downy fnbftance and feem d very fit for that 
purpofe. Then I fifted it through a fine Scarce by which 
means I purg'd it indifferent welf from its ^^rr^;2^ parts 
for what Earth or Stones I could not pick out of it be- 
fore, or at the pounding, being reakiced to apouder 
came through the Searce , the Linum remaining. Hav- 
ing thus pounded it and cleanfed it, I brought it to the 
Jpaper-mil -y and putting it in water in/aveffel juft ca- 
pacious enough to make Paper with (uch a quantity ; I 
itirred it pretty much, and defired the workmen to pro- 
ceed v/ith it in their ufual method of making Papsr^ 
with their nriting-paper JSlould : onely to ftir it about 
ever before they put their Mould in ; coufidering it as a 
far more ponderous fubftance than what they uleil i and 
that coniequently if not immediatly taken up after it 
was agitated, it would fublide. Paper made of it proved 
but very courfe and too apt to tear , whereof I have fent 
you a Sheet. But this being the firft tryal, I have fome 
reaions to believe it may be much improved nor did 
tYiQwt)rkrnen dioxiht but in cafe it were pounded in one 
of their M^r^^^r/ for 20 Hours fpace it would make good 
writing-paper ; which , when I fliall receive a fufficient 
quantity of it, I defign to try. In the mean while be 
pleafed to accept of this iuperficial account of it , in 
token of gratitude from 
Your moft oblig'd Servant 
£. LLOTD. 
