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moft wholly confumed, having no Planks to guard it : hut 
what I was mcft furprized at, was, that the Bones fhould 
be entire, tho probably interred 1500 years ago 5 for 'tis 
above fo many Centuries fmce their Cuftom of Burning 
gave place to that more natural of Burying their Dead 5, 
which, according to Monfieur Mnret, was re-introduced 
by the Antonihes^ who, being Philofophers and Virtuous 
Princes, could no longer endure that th?it kind of Cruelty 
(hould be exercifcd upon Humane Bodies. 1 have a 
Thigh-bone ( which is wonderful light) and the lower 
Jaw, which v/as furnifhed with all the Teeth, but fome 
of them are fince ftpln out 5 but tho the Bones are light, 
the double CofEns were fo heavy, that they were forced 
to drag them out of their old Dormiroi:y with a Team of 
Horfes. 
VL Experiments on the ^roduBion and propagation of 
Light from the Phofphorus in Vacuo^ made before 
the ^oyal Society^ hy Mr. Fra. Hauksbee», 
Experiment L 
IN purfuance to the Commands of this Honourable So-- 
ciety, Having a dark Room provided, the firft Expe- 
riment was by drawing fome Lines on a piece of blue Pa- 
per with the Phofphorus^ which became immediately Lumi- 
nous in the open Airjiaving a continual undulating Motion.. 
This being placed under a Receiver, alter fome few Exfudi- 
onSjthe Undulation ceas'd^but the Luminous Quali ty appear- 
ed to be in a great meafure increased ^ the Receiver being far- 
ther exhaufted, it became manifeftly brighter 5 and focon* 
tinu'd, till on the Admiffion of Air (which was gradually 
done) the Light fenfibly diminifhmg all the while. But 
upon the Repetition of the Experiment, it was the Opi- 
nion of thofe Gentlemen then prefent, that it did not ap- 
pear altogether fo brisk or fo vivid as at firft. To: 
