( 155^ ) 
to dircoter (if it werepoffible) the figure of thofe Pani- 
cles 5 I could not however compafs my Intentions, tho I 
often repeated the Tryal, by reafon of the fmallnels of 
the Panifles, and their ftrift union with each other 5 
only a few of them appeared tome four and fix-Gded, 
and torefleft.the Light from fo many Parts 5 others that 
were digger were composed of fome three, fome four 
fmaller Particles, which we may thus reckon to be Salt 
Particles. 
Several thoufands of thefc little Particles lay in a very 
fmall fpacCj which being feparated and broken in pieces, 
I judged that each Particle did confift of many more and 
much fmaller ones , and indeed they were fo fmall that 
they almoft efcaped my fight, thro the bcft of my Mi- 
crofeopes. 
I tryed fome of the above-mentioned particles in a 
pretty flrong Firc^ and found that they loft fome of their 
tranfparency thereby, and were divided into fmaller par- 
ticles that were quite dark and obfcure. 
After this, I took a little of that Water which lay under 
thcfuperficies of thefuppofed coagulated Salts,imagining I 
(hould findfomeSalt-particles in the faidWater,andputting 
it upon 3 federal clean Glaffes, I obfcrv'd after the fpace of 
4 hours the Water to be quite exhaFd, and that there re- 
raain'd rnany thoufands of Salt particles out of one finglc 
drop of Water, the which Salts were all feparated from one 
another, tnany of their fuperficies being very bright, but 
their fides dark 5 and I could clearly perceive that fome 
of their fuperficies were (hining, and their figure quadri- 
lateral b the darknefs of whofe fides I judged to be, be* 
caufe thofe Salts were fquares, in Ihape like Dice 5 between 
thefe Salt particles lay others that were much fmaller, and 
I believer of the fame figure too , but becaufe of their 
fmallnefs I could make no certain judgment of them* 
Aftef that, the Water which lay very thin wasfudden- 
ly exhaled, I faw feveral Salts that were larger than the 
reft. 
