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make him ftay. We carefTed him as much as we could, and had 
then theoppprtunicy toobferve, that he imitated not only the 
fcratching of the head, but alfo the wringing of the bands, 
wiping of the nofe, ftretching fo^ch of the arms, &c. 
And we needed not ftrain complement to perfwade him to 
be cover'd 3 for he ftill put off and on as he faw us do, and al! 
this with fo much exaftnefs , and yet with fuch a natural and 
unafFefled air,that we could not fo much as fufpeft he did it on 
defign. When we held both his hands, andcaufed another to 
make fuch motions, he preflTtd to get free : Bur, when we would 
have known more particularly, how he found himfelf afFeded, 
he could only give us this fimple anfwer^ that it vexed his heart 
anihisbrdn. 
I fhall leave it to your confideration, what peculiar rr^/f/ of 
fpiritsor diflemperof imagination may caufethefeeffefls, and 
what analogy they bear to the involuntary motion of yawning 
after others, and laughing when men are tickled (which fome 
will do if any body do make that titillating motion with their 
fiDgers,though it be at a diRance from them;jand whether, if his 
Nurfe have accuflomed him to the frequent imitation of little 
motions and gedures in his infancy, this may not have had fome 
influence to mould the texture of his Brain and Spirits, and to 
difpofe him to this ridiculous apiffinefs ? 
Befidesthis, I took occafion lately to vifit a poor Womati 
in the neighbouring Parifli, who hath been of a long time fadly 
afflifted with the Gravel, and hath paffed four Stones of an un- 
ufuai bignefs i of which I haveoneby me, which, though it be 
not the greateft of the four, is yet more than five inches about 
the one way , and four, the other : which, if you pleafe , (hall 
be fent you. They areall oval 5 the firft,and a part of the fecond 
werefmooth; but the other two very rough ; andthelaft, the 
biggeft, which being come away about Chrifimas \^^^ was 
bloody on one fide when I faw it. This puts me in mind of 
that Stone of a prodigious bignefs, which was foUnd laft year 
in a Gentlemans bladder in this Country after his deceafe/ 
weighing two and thirty ounces. I am, '^o o 
Sir, 
Xmr hmtle Servant^ 
Geo. Garden. 
Moftftenr 
