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fmall figures ; which at firft Glance, Were fcarce to be 
diftinguithed ; but of a fudden, they appeared very 
plain. When the Ly vvas thicker in one place then ano- 
ther, there came out lo many different figures, havhig all 
their Dimenfions ; that they were fcarce to be reckoned : 
four fquare, Oblong or Parallelogram, Cubical, 
Triangular, Hexangular, Rhomboidal, and divers o- 
thers ; which had fometimes their thicknefs, equall to 
their length or bredth. As the aforefaid figures (tho' the 
Ly was but weak) were foon made in dry and clear 
weather ; fo would they ealily difTolve again into water, 
if the weather were damp: but when the weather was 
clear, or the water was any ways warmed, or was thin 5 
there were fcarcely any other figures made, then fuch as 
are reprefented at 
APhyfician formerly complayned tome, that, tho' he 
applyed his Medicines with the greatefl. care imaginable; 
yet fometimes, in one difeafe they would fucceed well ; 
and at other times, in the lame diieafe, but ill, I urged, 
that as one mans conftitution is hotter then anothers, fo 
the Salts in the Medicines, may proportionably to the 
heat of the body, alter their figure and not only fo, 
but fometimes become more rigid and ftiff. 
I obferved Vot Ajhes made here in the Country; like- 
wife white German Pot JJhes j alio u^Jhes made of 
weeds s but there was nothing remarkable in their 
Salts. 
I obferved Pot JJloes as they come to us, without 
putting any water to them ; and faw they confifted part- 
ly of a great many very fmall Salts, as Numb. 7. iv^. 
A and Z). There were likewife many Salts, whofe fi- 
gures I could not defcribe, becaufe of their confufednefs, 
and their being mixt with Dull. 
When the water wherein Pot AJhes was diflolved, had 
flood feverall days, I iaw fwimming in ir, many fix 
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