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To fatlsfie my felf in this matter truly, I caufed 
fome Figs to be bought, and ordered fach to be taken 
that lay clofe to the Staves of the BarreJ, and that of 
the worft fort ; when I looked upon thefe Figs, I faw 
feveral Mites creep about them, and when I fixed them 
before my Microfcope, I judged them to be fomewhat 
difFering in the Shape of their body, being fomewhat 
rounder and fhorter then our Mites are that I have 
feen before. 
Among the reft, I opened one Fig which I thought 
to be good and well tafted, and in it I faw fome Hun- 
dreds of Mites creep about, that did crawl in theinfide 
of the Fig ; fo ihat when we eat Figs,we fend, unknown 
to us, many Thoufands of thefe little Animals into our 
Stomachs. 
I have faid before, that I have taken a great deal of 
Pains, to fee the Plant in the Seed of a Fig, yet that I 
could never accomplifli it, for it did feem to me that the 
Figs were not perfedtly Ripe, when they were pulled off 
and Tunned up, to befent beyond Seas. 
When I did thus (earch after thefe Mites, I judged, 
that feveral Figs that came to my Hands were pulled 
when they were Ripe, and therefore I took many Seeds 
of thefe Figs before me to DifSeft them and after I had 
cut or broak the hard husk of them, I fetched out of 
fcverai of|ihem, their Kernel or Pith perfect ; and after 
I had taken or pulled off of them the Film, orfhiall 
and thin Skin, and had feparated the Stuff wherein the 
young Plant was laid, I faw the perfedl Plant, confift- 
ing of two Leaves, and of that part that is to make the 
Roots and Seem. 
I have alfo thought convenient to give a Cut of this 
young Plant of this fmall Seed, whereof we know there 
is a great Number in a Fig, becaufe I have heard fome 
fay, that the eating many Figs doth create Lice in our 
Stomachs, 
