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his arms and legs broken , and his body ftrangly diftorted. 
C^^pt. Warn told me, he fawone of them in a Bloomery near 
Pempn, But I lhallTay no more of them, becaufe I have 
juftnow fuch an opportunity of informing my felf about this 
matter, as I amnever like to have again as long as I live. For 
at Wmgerfworth^t^o miles beyond Chejlerfeld.w'nhin this month 
cr five weeks , a Cole-pit of Sr. F» Humbiccks hath been fired 
fjur times by this vapour, and hath hurt four fevera! Men, I 
will not fecid yoo the parncular?, becaufe I intend to fend you 
them, when I can do it of mine own knowledge; a!fo i re- 
ceived a Relation of itfrom thofe who fpoke with fomeof the 
wounded Men. I pray you furnifii me with ^uaries upon this 
Subjed ; for it being an accident common to all Countries , 
although not very often happening in any one , I fliould be ve- 
ry glad to make the beft improvement I could of my prefent 
opportunity. 
' I give you two other Relations, which feem totiie 
notccmmon* 
A Girle in ShejJiM about eight months old was furprized 
wi[h violent vomiting Fits , which held her for about a week, 
and made her fQ weak, that her Parents began to defpair of her 
recovery. They at length fent for Mr. Fijher , who chanced a- 
mongfl: other things to fay , Worm-veood wdiS good f(yc \ht Sto- 
mach. He going home to fetch things proper on that occafion, 
they in the mean time offer'd herfome Wormwood- A!e , which 
flie took fo greedily, that flie fwallowed down a pint of ir. 
Mr. iilher at his return found her Vomiting, and flie vomited 
up in his preftnce three Hex^podes^ of this bignefs and fhape^ 
{See Fig. 2.) all very aftive and nimble. The Girle in a fliort 
time recovered , and was well. Mr. Fifier in the afternoon 
brought the Hex^ifod^s to me ; we killedone of them with try- 
ing Experiments upon it. 1 remembring, I had feen fome very 
like them , which devoured the skins of fuchBirdsas I kept 
dried for Mr. Willmghby^ I gave either of the furviving Besa- 
pedes the head of a fliining Mricafel/a , which in about five 
weeks time they eat up, bones, feathers and all, except the ex- 
tremities of the feathers and the beaks. I defiring to fee, what 
F f f they 
