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I was furprizy at Amjierdam to fee a moft carious Phjfick 
Garden^ admirably inrtrudted, and in excellent order 5 which 
becaufe it has more (pace and foreign Plants, far exceeds 
•Leydetx. Hqxq 2iXQ 2l\^o Series Lett ionum^ which I have, and 
(hall fend 'em at your Command. Our Traveliers have not 
made much mention, as i know oi, of thefe things^ nor 
auy.at all of Bf?//3?, vvhere is a Chamber well fornifn'd with 
Rarities, confidering there is no Univerfity, Schools nor 
Gardens, nor any P/of ir)rs. There arj no Catalogues Print- 
ed in French or Latin, but when i have farnifhc my Me- 
mory with the help of a little Dutch, if you have not re- 
ceived any Account,. 1 ftiali tranfcribe them by rhemfelve.^ 
being too long for a Letter, Befidts thefe, there occan'd 
here a Rarity not then pubiickly expos'd, two Female Chil- 
dren joynVi together from the Neck to the Navel ^ their 
Pifture was with Arms embracing, and Legs tvvifted, all. 
Parts and Joynts entire to both, the Vifcera too all double, 
and perfcft, the Head only iingie, bat appertaining to both, 
.and looking over the right Shoulder of one, and the left of 
the other. They had been open'd before I faw them ^ I 
could not learn by the Mother or Father, whether the Af-^ 
pera Arterid and Gula did not divide as they enter'd into 
the Stomach and Lungs, or whether they were continued fe- 
parate, nor any account of the Brainy they were born alive 
before 7 Months : The Father, John Amejion^ a, French Soul- 
dier, but deferted to this place. He preferves them with' 
the Skin and Mufcles, by fponging them with fpirit of 
Wine. He asks 300 Guilders for 'em, too much for a Tra- 
veller to expend upon one thing. 
At Maejlricht I went into the Quarry, of which you have 
an Account in your TranfaSions , but it is more wonderful 
than there defcrib'd, and more large, being 3 hours in length 
and one in breadth, and capable to flielter 100000 Men. It 
coft me a fit of an Ague, thro its exceffive Chilnefs, The 
Stone dug from hence is much like our Kettering the Jefuits. 
have here a very fine Chappel built of it. 
