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But wha«t is more to the piirpofe, he defigns to print a 
Catalogue of the ^56*. of ail the Libraries ihat are in 
lulj/^ and more particularly of thofe Libraries that 
hitherto have been lefs known : a confiderable Col- 
^ledion oi infer iptmn that never were printed, or 
elfe have been miferably debas'd in Grnterus, Reimjius^ 
Spon 5 and laftly give an Account of feme old Coins, 
ancient Weights and Meafures, and feveral other cu- 
riofities relating to Sacred and Profane Antiquity. 
I went feveral times to th^Roman College^ to fee Fa- 
ther Philip Bonnani : He is Keeper of the Muf^im 
Kircheriamm^whcrQy befides many Antiquities^are to be 
feen fome rarities of Art and Nature; F. Bonnani has 
added to it a great quantity of Shells, Ores and Mar- 
cajjites : He is now bufie in continuing the Bibliotheca 
Societatisjefu^tgun hyRehadeneiraSothvpell and Alegan/he. 
A friend of mine did receive a Letter from i% Bocco- 
ne^ who is now at Palermo^ and with it a parcel of 
Gummi Sumach. I have given you fome of this Gumm, 
It is efteemed a great adllringent, and very fit for Rup- 
tures^ if applied in the form of a Plaifter. 
I was mightily furpriz'd when I came to Naples^ to 
find a great many perfons applying themfelves to the 
Corpufcular Philofophj and Mathematicks.Thcy own d to 
be obliged for it to Tho. Cornelius Confentinus, who begun 
^firfl: to introduce them, and to Lconado di Capoa^ who 
followed hisfteps. This great man died three years 
ago- 1 was acquainted ther^ with Signior Jofeph Fa-^ 
/e//?, a Gentleman who has a very good Library, and 
has learnt a little EngliJ/j, on purpofe to underftand 
Englijh Books, for which he has a very great value. 
He lent me a Manufcript of his, that he will fpeedily 
publifti. His defign is to commend and encourage 
the Experimental Philofophy, I faw Tho. Donzelli^ 
ml/o di Napoli ^ Ottavio Sandoro, and feveral other 
learned Phyficians. Signior John Baptijt Garnicri., one 
of them has feveral Con/ilia MSS, of the famous 
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