OfOXFO^p^SHI^E. 
fry^ mzAc of the bark of the Tilia f^mim folio minore , ftnall 
h?iv'dLmeox Linden tree ^ m {omt Country s cAltd Ba^^ whence 
the rof a are aifo called Bafim rofes ; but of thefe no more, the 
Tree neither growing, nor the rofeshtmg made in this bounty ^ but 
only ufed here. 
1 20. Of Arts relating to Brutes^ I have met with none extra- 
ordinary concerning the winged Kingdom Jjui the new fort of boxes^ 
or Colony hives for Bees^ firft invented, I fuppofe, by the Right 
Reverend Father in God /ohn Wilkins^ iate Lord Bifhop of Che- 
(ier • notwithftanding the pretenfions of John Gedde Gent, and 
his feven years experience : for I find one of them {&. up in 
Wadham College Garden (where it ftill remains) when the faid ac- 
complidi'd Bifliop was Wardm there above twenty years fince. 
For Fijh^ I was (hewed the model of a Net contrived by the in- 
genious Sir Anthony Cop^ that feemed likely to catch all found 
within fuch a compafs. 
i2f. Relating to four footed Beafts , the ingenious Richard 
Ferjnor of Tufmore Efq; (liewed me a pretty contrivance to avoid 
the incumbrance of Oat tubs in Stables^ efpecially where they are 
any thing ftreightned in their room^ by letting the Oats down from 
a loft above, out of a veffel like the Hopper of a Mill^ whence they 
fall into a fquare pipe let into the wall, of about four inches diago- 
nal^ which comes down into a Cup-board alfo fet into the wall, but 
with its end fo near the bottom^ that there (liall never be above a 
gallon^ox other defirable quantity in the cup-board at a time,which 
being taken away and given to the Horfes, another gallon prefently 
fucceeds ; fo that in the lower part of the Stable where the Horfes 
fraud, there is not one inch of room taken up for the whole pro- 
vifion of Oats ; which contrivance has alfo this further conveni- 
ence, that by this motion the Oatszve kept conftantly faeet (the 
taking away one gallon moving the whole mafs above) which laid 
up any otherwife in great quantities grow frequently mufy. 
122. The fame ingenious Gentleman has alfo apply ed the fame 
contrivance^ with fome little alteration, to the feeding of his Swine^ 
which have conftantly their meat from fuch a veffel like the hopper 
of a Mill placed over the ^j/, into which having put a certain 
quantity of beans^ enough to fat fo many Hogs^ they continually 
defcend to about half way down the Hy in a large fquare pipe, 
which then divides it felf into fix fmaller ones^ which terminate 
each 
