C '8x 4 ) 
Years Old. And Fig. 3. was brought away from the 
Child Ten Years Old * both - thefe without any Se- 
ction. 
IV. An Account of the Tubcra Terrae, or Truffle* 
found at Rufliton in Northamptonshire } rvitb 
fome Remark^ thereon. By Tancred Robin- 
foa> M. D. and R.S.S. 
S I R, 
TH E Tulera Terra (which you was pleas'd to (end 
me, together with a Draught of them drawn 
with your own Pencil) bbferv'd lately at Rujbton in 
Northampton/hire, by that curious and learned Gentle- 
man Mr. Hatton, are indeed the true French Truffles, 
the Italian' Tar t u$ or Tartuffole, and the Spanifli Turmas 
dsTiera, which are net noted by Mr Ray tabe found in 
our Britilh Soyl. I have feen them thrice as large at 
Florence, Rome and Naples, where they eat them as a 
delicious and luxurious piece of Dainty, either fry d in 
fiices with Butter or Oil, Salt and Pepper ; or elfe our of 
Pickle, and often boy I'd in their Soup. ■ Of thefe there 
are three or four Species mentioned by Matthtolus, Im- 
% perati, J. Bauhhe and Mentzeltus. 
Theie obfei v'd in England are all included in a fkdcfed 
Bark or Coat, the Tuber cules refembling the Capfole s or 
"I Jig. ^.Seed-Veffels of fome Mallows and Alee -as • t!-^ inward 
fubftance is of the confidence of the ffefhy psrt in a 
young Chefnut, of a pafte Colour, of a rank or hircine 
Odour, and untavoury, ftreaked with many white Veins 
V.&g.f.or Threas, as in fome Animals Tefiicles ; the whole is 
of a globofe Figure, though unequal and chinky. 
' ' ' What 
