t&is Gontempfation did far exceed all the ftrange and 
pleafant ones, that ever mine Eye did behold before. 
If I turned my Eye towards the Fins, near the head, 
it was alfo very pleafant, to fee the Bicod run in many 
fcrts of Veflels, and alfo underneath the Head, between 
the Jaw-bones. 
After this I did look upon the place where the Heart 
as, where 1 faw with no lefs Admiration, the quick Mo- 
tion of the Heart, as well in the Siftokas DiaftoIe,where- 
by the Heart was puflied forward. 
When I did look upon the red Parts, which all Fifhes 
have almoft about the Head, which parts in our Town 
are called Cm, the motion whereof did look very 
ftrange to me ; for I did not only fee, how two rows 
of thefe Cons were bended roundifli one againft the 
other, but alfo that the ends thereof did come to touch 
one another, and then did turn back again fo as if we 
did fanciethata pair ofBellows did open and fliut again ; 
in fliort, I had in this Contemplation as. much pleafure, as 
if. I had been feeing a Chamber full of Colleftions of 
Rarities, where there was feveral Cons of rare Horns, 
Shells, Sea Corals, &c. 
I did write in my Letter of the loth of fufy ^ 
itfpj. of my difcovery concerning the Procrea- 
tion or Engendering of Mites, which are very fmall 
and defpicable Animals, and yet for all that does a great 
deal of Mifchief 5 for by their Numberlefs Procreation 
they confume FJowers, Seeds, Flelh and Bacon, and 
chiefly that which is fmoaked and dryed ; and all forts 
pf dryed Fruit, viz^ Figs, Raifins, Prunes, &c. when 
in thelatter end of the Winter I was at a loft for- want 
of Mites, I went to a. Grocers Shop, where I took up 
fome French Barley, in hopes of finding fome Mites 
among the Flower thereof, and therein I was not decei- 
ved, for there I found fome* When I came home, I faw 
