PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months (?/ November and December, ijotT^ 
' TheCONTEN^TS 
I. Somt ohJerVations on Coraly large Oyjlers^ ^hies^ the 
growing of 4 fort of Ficus Indica^ the Gods of theCcu 
lanefe^ &c. made in Ceilan, hy Mr Strachan. 
IL Mr Sam. Brown his feventhBook ^/Eaft lx\Aid.¥lants^whh 
ankcQom\toftheir'H^mts^ Vertues, Defcription^ &c. 
James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal So- 
ciety. 
in. A Letter from J)r Thamas Moly 
to the ^l^ht ^yerend St George, Lord !Si/hop of 
Clogher in Ireland^ cmtaining fome Thoughts €on^ 
cerning the Ancient Greek and Roman Lyre, and an 
Explanation $f an obfcure ^^Jf^ge in one of Horace'^ 
Odes. 
IV. A Letter from Mr Jzmcs Yonge, F. ^ S. to Dr 
Edward Tyfon, F. ^ S. concerning a ^aU^ extraB^ 
id from a perjon^whohad fuffered hy it 10 years which 
was a ^lumh-^Jione. 
V* Some infiances of other perfons who were hurt by fwaU 
lowing Tlumh^JfoneSj hy the ^uhlifber. 
VI. A Letter from Mr Thoxesby, K d^. 5. to the ^ub^ 
llp)er^ concerning the Vefligia of a Roman Town 
lately difcoyered near Leedes in Yorkfliire. 
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