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fay was certainly obferved by many ctinom perfons ^ that 
it continually without intermiffion made progreffive voy- 
ages and fuffered no neighbouring farijh to efcape i fa 
that it did not at the fame timeinfed places at great di* 
Varices. They added that cattle fecured at rack and man 
ger were equally infeded with thofe in the Fieli. It were 
worth the confidering whether this i^Si^?;^ is not Carryed 
on by fome valatile InfeU-^ that is able to make only 
fuch Ihort flights as may amount to fuch computations ? 
For the account of the AncienU concerning the grand 
pejlilential Contagions isvtty little fatisfaftory tp this^^^i> 
who derive it from a blind putrefaBion^ from the mcanta^ 
tions of ill Men ; or from the ^onjunBions oS inaufpicious 
Planets. I wifli M.r . LeewenhoeckjkdiA been prefent at fome 
oi tht d^eBions oi thefe infe£led Aninuds^ lam perfwad- 
cd He would have difcovercd fpm^ ftrange/^T/^S or other 
IB them.— 
