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Ity and fo rendered u lighter .* Neverthelefs they did not 
doubt but a great part of the^y^W might alfobe diffoJved 
^hoiigh ptsrbaps no great quantity in Ptimp-rvater in which 
if feems they tryedit. But there has no further ^^ym- 
ment yet been made:> wherefore liihtl^oyal Society pleale 
- to fend trie any inftruBions for a further tryal, they fljall 
te carefully tranfmitted;, and I dare promife them ^ascare» 
fully ejiecuted.What thofe Gentkmens opinions are concern- 
ing the Animalcula they do not tell me, what my own is 
concerning thofe matters^ it lliall fufEce in general toac- 
.gnaint you that I think they may perhaps may be analo- 
gous tothe Eeles In Vinegar,, the reft you muft expe<ft in 
ttiy Natural Htjiory of Staffordjbire now in the Prefs. I 
Siatl add no more but that one of theaforefaidG^^2^/mm 
fince the account above mentioned cafualiy look>rig upon 
feme of the Salt made at thofe pits before it was^ dry ed and 
beaten fmall , obferved that many of the larger Comes 
were of the fame fhape to the naked Eye^, as the minute 
ones appeared of in the Microfcope , and that they were 
vi/ibly made up of a great number of fmall plates^ fhooting 
^p from a quadrangular oblong Bafe into a very obtufe 
pyramid, hollowed within. Which is all at prefent but 
niy duty to the Society ^z.vi6.ihzx\ am 
Their moft 
Faithful 
Servant^ 
!• Horl 
