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priling appearance, and wrote a large account thereof 
May 12. 1(58 3, as alfo of the whole Anatomy ot this Ani- 
mal, to my Brother, who was then at Leyden, And I have 
fince thatjfhew'd it frequently , both on the out-fide with^ 
out Diffedion, and in the inward Veflels alfo, to feveral 
Curious PAxA^/^/^j" and Fhilofophers^ to their great latif- 
fadion and admiration ; particularly I expofed it firft to 
ovLt Society May the 2d. 1^84. as appears by the follow- 
ing Minute taken from out Regittry. May 26. 1684. 
M'- Molyneux opened before th& Company a Water-Newt, 
which he ta\es to be Y/'^Salamandra or Lacerta Aquatica, 
in the body of this Animal there are two long Sacculi Aereiy 
on which the bhod Vejjels are curioujly J{amifyed, to thefe 
hloodVeff els applying a Microfcope, he jh ewe U the Circular 
tionofthe blood, ad Ocuhim, as plainly as water running 
in a IRiver^ and more rapidly then any common Stream, The 
fame experiment I repeated again before them on the 
2d of June following,and to thofe that had good obferv- 
ing Eys, the Circulation was as vifible outwardly on the 
hands and toes, as in the VelTels within. But Certainly 
the Appearance hi the Veffels on the two forcmentioned 
facculi^with the beating,emptying & filling of theHeart, 
is moft furprifing to the beholder. This Creature feems 
wonderfully adapted by Nature tor this Experiment^ for 
befidesthe tranfparency of its Skin aad VeiTels, 1 have 
had them live nine hours after liiey have beenExpanded, 
and all their Vifcera laid open I fend yoe herewith the 
Eiguresof the Ani^4iial. Fig. ych. Tab. i. ihews theln- 
tire Body of a Male, for the Female is not ib llrongly 
ipotted. Fig^ 8tluTab. i. is Rudely drawn,but a a Re- 
prefent the Sacculi Aerei. 
To D' Gardens 2^. Letter I have only this, he in- 
deavours therein to explain and give an Account of the 
Trade Winds within the Tro/^/Vy^i* from the different gra- 
vity of the Jtmofphere at divers times of the Year, And 
yetit 15 ailerted numb. idy. pag. 79P, of the Thilof, 
Tranfa^ions^ 
