(4io) 
I hope, our Ingenious Correspondents have examin’d all circum- 
fiances of their communicated Relations 5 with all the care and di- 
ligence neceffary to be ufed in fuch Colledions y not taking up old 
Fame , or flying Reports, upon too eafie truft y nor draining for ci- 
ther Kinds of Wonders, than the mod wife Author of Nature 
hath allowed , but attending clofely to theRrid meafures of Na- 
tural Truth , and. to the ufeful Contrivances of Art. _ For fome 
evidence whereof, I refer the Reader to the particulars, indicated in 
the Tables annexed to the Trail of February , lately paR. 
And becaufewell advifed Hiftories of Natural Productions , and 
of Artificial Contrivances , are neceffary to beget found know- 
ledge , and to excite profitable Inventions , fome havefurniiht us 
with accurate Inftrudions , under the mode (l Title of Inquiries and 
Propofals And further Difquifitions are by the hands of many 
Accomplifht Perfons feverally,and often with joynt endeavours in 
a manner univerfally profecuted. 
Neither have we difcouraged or refufed the Effays of fome fa- 
mous Philofophers , learned Philologers and Antiquaries 5 whofe 
DifquiRtions, Readings, and Reafonings , have extended farther 
than their Experiences ; flnce by fuch bold Excurffons and Sallies 
many valuable Truths may be flarted out of their receffes. Ar~ 
chiteff.s do require fome variety and Rore of Materials for the fur- 
ther fatisfadion of their Judgment in the Choice : And the Sculp* 
tor muff pare off fomewhat of his richef! Marbles , Onixes , Dia- 
monds, &c. before he can perfed the Portraiture Such liberty 
anexad Phiiofopher muff claim in his Extrads from Men of much 
Teaming. 
In Medicinals we have now and then occalionally inquired after 
fome rarities , medical applications and experiences •, what the 
ufes and performances are by Phlebotomy ^ Frictions 3 Simples or 
Compounds not ordinary , by Diet or Chymical Operations in 
fome of tke temoteft parts of the World , particularly in the fa- 
mous China* Neither have we altoge- 
ther omitted f to commemorate thofe 
obvious reliefs , which the Divine 
or waters. 
.. n N> In Bounty has offered freely and in com 
b*mL rl " Se mon , for diftrefled Mortals, by Sf rings, 
mis , Bohn’s , Midi:, Med Barths , And we have had a 
