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ming Water, in Seas, and in Clouds, and in Pickle - yet not Co fre- 
quent,as to efcape always the fufpicion of being Prodigies. Bat 
in the forefaid references more is faid of Light, ihan I am able to 
exprefs; 1 (hall only add, That I gave full warning ro obferve, 
whether the Light in my two Inftanceshad any blewiOi orgreen- 
ifli tindure ; all that faw both, affirmed the Light to be as clear as 
the brighteft Moon-fliine,and fo It appeared to my own eyes ; and 
l ean perfeftly remember, that I really thought the beams which 
came from the Mackrel^and the ftirred pick!e,to be bright Moon- 
fhinc^cilla Servant brought me to the Veflel,tofee the contrary. 
Pojlfcript. We had the report here(whether true or falfe,you 
tuay beft know) of the (bining Beef in the Strap^d^ about the fame 
time, when the Neck of Veal, firft mentioned, fliined here. And ic 
was here obferved, Tha t the Stars had that night a glaring bright- 
nefsand lar.genefs,more than ordinary, and for fomemonetbs be- 
fore, and ever fince, the weather hath been more gentle, warm,and 
dry, tban isufual in thofe months 5 b4Jt *tis above my skill to de- 
monftrate, how this belongs to the matter in hand. Note, that- the 
Mackrel-pickle was thick and not cranfparent, til! it was ftirred 
and flaming; the Pork-pickle was clear^or tranfparenr.yet fhined 
not in any part. 
'J DifcourfecomernwgtheSpm], injleadof the fufpofed kwmldX^ 
jlru0me 0/ the Fibres of the Intejlhs ; difcoverdandfhevpn hy 
the Learn d and hfitjitive Dr. Willhm CokJothe R.Society. 
Dlfcourfirig Cnear two years fincej with a very ingenious Per- 
fon, concerning the Mechanical reafon of tht Perijlaltick 
motion of the Inteftines, which is by Anatomifts deduced princi- 
pally from J/?;;^/^rfibres,conftituting,according to the received 
doftrineCwith the right fibres immediately invefting them^though, 
by the by, I take thefeto makeadiftinftcoat) one of the coats of 
them ; his fence was (which he told me was that likewife of fome 
others of his acquaintance ) that they might be rather numerous, 
though fmall, Sphinfler-mufcles, than Tingle fibres, to v;hicb that 
motion is to be attributed ; Mufcles being in rao/t, if not all,other 
inftances owned to be the adequate inftruments of motions analo- 
gous to this 5 and fibres, though abfolutely neceflTary, yet beingno 
otherwife fo, than as (a number of them being collefied, and fitly 
difpofedj they conftituteaMufcle. 
The Conjeft ure feemed to me more probabk than the vulgarly 
received 
