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Mr. Bojie was pleased to oblige us with an accurate accompt of a 
Neck oi Vcal,and a Pullet, which were Iuminous,as you have pub- 
lifhedit in 8 9 of your TraflSj/'^s loy.Hiftories reportofafud* 
dain and (hortfulgor about f he countenance of ihelhwg^ which 
cheyin erpreted to prcfage fomething extraordinary, by which 
thofcperfons became Illuftrious ; but of deadcarka([fs,wh\ch be- 
came thus luminous, I have read nothing in old Records. That 
Mackrels, in iheir pickle, did caft a filming blaze, fome days be- 
fore they were ill tafted, or ill fcnted, 1 gave you notice g. 
i665.as*tis inyour F;V/?f^i?/. ^.13.^.226. Since which time J try- 
cd ofcen to obtain the like, but without fuccefs, though I know 
BOt what circumftance was wanting. The pickle in which the 
Pork was put, was made only of pure Warer, Bran,and bay-Salr, 
and was far from fliining: Itquenchtthe light by degrees of the 
fliining Flefli. The Mackrel-pickleCwhich was boyl'd with a mix- 
ture offweet herbs) by a little ftirring became fo IumiQous,thata 
drop of it in the palms of childrens hands appeared as broad as a 
fliilling, or broader, fo that a wafli of it might too fitly ferve for ^ 
Impofture. 
5. For the difficulty of obtaining the fame, and for many o- 
ther confiderables, I refer to Mr.B^//^'s Pneumatical Experiment 
37. by him obferv'd about 18 years ago. And I think,fl)ining 
Worms are feldom found in OyfterSjas was obferv'd by Monfieur 
Auzout ^ m y owr n. 12, p.iQ'^* And perhaps one may wait along 
davj before he flial 1 fee fuch a long-lafting Light in the Irijb Seas, 
as was remarked in your VoL^. n.iii. f. 240. So that Icannot. 
wonder, ifexpert Chymifts do by fome Chance obtain more,than 
by Art and much diligence they can repeat again, fince they deal 
with fuch fickle agents,asFireandFJame.Ihave h,eard of fomeDews 
on Meadows, fliining in the early morning, before day- light ; but 
thofe more frequently. Thcfe^nd much better ,fome oflAr.Boyle's 
Inftanccs in your forementioned Exferimtnt 37. and more in his 
Difcourfeof Luminous Gems at the end of his elaborate Tr^^t/i/^ 
of Color s,mdiy^2Li leaft,by rercmblanccs,inrt ruft us to apprehend the 
nature of fome fliining Meteors among ^he^lbuds, or in our lowet 
Region, of which,they fay, fome have a finging heat, and do blafl-, 
and that fomeare to the touch gelid,yet do poyfonor corrupt om 
flefli. And I have read in our Chronicles,That in EfigUnd^iox many 
days together, there hath been a fiery incalefcence with light, as if 
all the air had been iaa flame. Thus we have flaming Air,and fla-r 
raing 
