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Laft Winter /wheo the feverc cold had killed the little Crea- 
tures, obferving the water thawed by the warmth of the room, 
in which it had flood for a whole day with a fire in it, I found, 
after 24 hours were elapfcd , and another time, after 17 hours 
were palled, that fome living Animals appeared again in that 
water. When I (hall write next, I intend, forfurther fatif- 
faftion, to aflertandconfirm the truth of what I have related 
by the teftimony of divers Eye- witnefles. I remain, Sir, 
Z)^^/,March 23t i677t Tour,(^^. 
Ihe ContwuAtkn of the HortuUn and Kurd Advertiftments^ 
fromifid ij$ the next Joregoingtra£i communicated i^y the 
fame hand, Dr. ]ohn Bt^k^ 
T He trait of March, having, as io thefe Hortulan Obfcr- 
wtionSy ended rvith the fifth paragrafh ; rve norv proceed 
Uthe 
Sixths which is to give notice. That the Cider-Engins for 
the more fpeedfy and cQlumodious making of Qder and JPerrjt^ 
(as thefe Engins are now made by Henry Allun) may be feen at 
the Cabinet in Exeter -Jlreet^^dLVtht Savoy ; and in the Palace* 
yard, Weftmii^ller. They may be compared with the* Cider- 
Engin belonging to the Cidcr-houfes dit g^ueen-Hyth ^ asalfo. 
with thofe belonging to'the Cider- houfes beyond the lower ; 
and with the Engins invented by MuWolridge of Fetersfie/d 
in Hampjhire, and the formerly mentioned in 124, 585. Ao 
Ingenious Gentleman in this neighbourhood , the Owner of 
Clifton, z mile hence, having a Corn-mill and a Malt-mill , on a 
ftreamnearhishoufe, hath lately built a Cider- mill on the fame 
ftream, where it runs through his Orchard, and 'tis faid to grind 
Fruit perfe61y well, and with incredible difpatch* The upper 
ftone is fitly hollow'd. The.workdone by an ingenious Jojner 
or Carpenter in a neighbouring Village* And I hear, that 
others are now devifing to make Cider-mills, like Malt-mills 
to be drawn about with a Horfe or two, as their occafionlhall 
require, Mr. Tar ranton in his Improvement dind Dia/ogue^p.j 069 
e^tf. defcribeth^the Wind- mills and Water-mills, which he had 
feenamongft Forreigners for the great benefit of fheCloathing- 
trade. I have long fioce feen three Mil]s,a Paper-mill.a Fullers- 
mill for the benefit of Bevodley^ and a Mill ro grind Scyths and 
othertlcenfilsof Husbandry, on the ftream which feeds the 
three 
