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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
Far the Months o/ May and June, 1701. 
The CONTENTS. 
I. A Letter from the Reverend Mr Wm, Derham 
to the Publijherj ^concerning an InfeSt that is 
commonly called the Death Watch. 
II. The Humane Ailantois fully discovered ^and the 
Reafom ajfigned why it has not hitherto been 
found out^ even by thofe who believed its Ex- 
iftence* With an Anfwer to their Objections, 
who deny it (I ill. By Rich Hale, M D. of 
Trinity College i« Oxford- Communicated to 
the R- S- by Edward Tyfon- M- P. 
III. An Account of Mr Sam. Brown, his Third 
Book of Eaft India Plants^ with their Names, 
yertues, Defcription, <^r. ^;^James Petiver, 
Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. 
To which are added, /owe Animals fent him 
from thofe Parts. 
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