jcEiion to the new Hypothefis of the Genera* 
tion of Animals from Animakula in Semine 
Mafcolino. By Dr. Martin Lifter, Fel/orp 
of the Colledge of Fhyftcians and Royal Society. 
V. Jn AbflraSl with feme KefleSlions on a new 
Account of Eaft-lndia and Perffa, in Eight 
Letters^ being Nine Tears Tra^vels^ begun 
i6yi^^nd jiniPjed 1681, &:c. By John 
Fryer^ M. D. Cantabrig. and Fellow of the 
Royal Society.Printed for R.Chxiwd at the Role 
and Grown in St. PmVs Chnrch-Tard, 1698. 
I, Fart of a Letter from Ralph Thoresby, Efq\ 
F. K. 5. to John Evelyn, Efqy F. R, S. con- 
cerning foms Roman Antiquities lately found 
in Yorkfhire. 
SIX Months ago I fent to Dr. Lifter a large Account 
of the Texture and Figure of an old Roman Shield ol 
xh^ParmaKmA^ that I had then newly procured ; I have 
fince got another Curiofuy relating to their Plafticks^ 
'tis part of the Bottom (which confifted of feveral fuch 
Pieces for the Conveniency of Bakmg) of an old Roman 
Coffin., that was lately dug up in their Burying-Place out 
of Boutham Bar at Tork, (whence I had the Bricks and 
Urns mentioned in the laft Novemher Tranfadicns) 'tis 
of the Red Clay but not fb fine as the Urns, having a 
greater Quantity of courfe Sand wrought in with the 
Clay ; as to the Form (which is entire as it was at firft 
moulded) 'tis Fourteen Inches and an half long, and 
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