( m ) 
brought to a round edge, or a Stone fitted by nature 
for that purpofe, rub them all over to force all the 
Water and Greafe out of them, till they become per- 
fectly dry : which is all they do. 
And one Woman will drefs eight or ten Skins in a day j 
that is, begin and end them. I intimate this becaufe 
the Men never do it. 
Obfervationes ponderfeTeftudinis terreftris, cum in- 
Autumno terram fubiret, cum ejufdem ex Ter- 
ra Verno tempore exeuntis pondere comparati, 
per plures atinos repetkx : experimento 
celeberrimi D/D. Georgii Ent, Equitis, &c M. D. 
& a Doditfimo D. D. %ob. fatt, M. D. 
R.S. S. communicate. 
DIB fepiimoO&obris, Anne > l 651. 'Teftudinem meam 
appendix priujquam latibulum adiret, ibidem per to- 
tam Hjemem hybernaiura^ pendebatque exafife libra* 4. unci- 
djque totidem minus drachma, nempe lib. 4. unc.%. drach. 7» 
Die o£tavo Odobris 165Z. Erutam e terra Tejiudi- 
nem ( nam Je pridie humaverut ) append/ denuo^ ponder a- 
bitque lib. 4. unc. 6. & drach. 1 . 
Die 16. Martii i6jf. Tejhtdo fponte e Utibulo fuopro- 
diit. Pendebatque lib, 4. atqneunc^. 
Die 4. OcJobris 1653. Teflndo poflquam per aliquot 
dies jejnnajjei f , fubtujqtte terram fefe abjeondijjet , inde 
eduBa atque appenfa ponder abat lib. 4. mc, 5-. Oculi 
{quos din claufes habmrat) turn aperti plunmum ma- 
defcebant. 
Die 18, Martii 165^- Tejiudo e latebris prodktts & 
in lance appenfa pander abat lib. 4. unc, 4, & drach. 2. 
