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together after the fame manner as the Scales of Fifh. 
Provident Nature as I have often found, performing her 
Operations uhialiy after the fame Method. 
[therefore applied my utmoft endeavours, in this Exa- 
mination of the Scales of our Body, and judged thofe of 
the Mouth to be the fitted for that purpoie, lor that they 
not being dryed are more eafily leparable from theSkin , 
and from each other; Examining thefe divers times, I ftill 
found a clear fpot in the middle of them, (landing up 
above the reft of the Scale (which I had obferved before 
often, but thought it accidental) whence I concluded, that 
the Scales, not only of the Mouth but the whole Body, 
were compofed as thofe of Fifties, of VelTcls, proceeding 
to this clear Part, and nouritoing the Scales which grow 
from thence. 
Now as to the Tranfpiring Parts of our Bodies J have for- 
merly faid the moiflure was exhaled from the Veflels pla- 
ced between the Scales ; but now I find the number of the 
Veflels, far to exceed what I then thought, fo that by the 
motion and heat cf the Body, there may a very great 
quantity of fweat be expelled by fo many Veflels ; the 
number of which I endeavoured to Calculate, by laying 
fome -of the Scales of my Skin by fome Sands, foto find 
their comparative magnitude, and found the Axis of fome 
larger Sands, 20 times, of others 1 5, and of others 10 
times bigger than the Diameter of a Scale : Thefe Scales 
are placed in a triple order upon one another : I took there- 
fore the leaft of them and thus computed : 250 Scales as 
aforefaid are covered by one Sand,fuppofe then every Scale 
to confift of 500 Veflels, then will, the moiflure in the 
fpace of a Sand be thruft out at 125000 feveral little 
Pores, not reckoning the mouths of the Veflels between 
the Scales. 
Examining the Scales of the Skin of my Arm I found 
a fpot in the midft of fome of them, but not fo diftin&Iy 
as in thofe of my Mouth. 
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