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I have alfo often feen fome few of thefe Fibres, tiro* joyned 
to others, yet but one Fourth of their bignefs to which they 
were joined. 
When I again moiflend thofe reprefented in the Third and 
Fourth Figures, (dryd up and fhrunk) they would be again 
fo fwelled and diftended, as to fill up the fpaces between the 
Membranes, and re-aflume the Shape they had before they 
were dried. Among feveral little pieces of Flefh placed be- 
fore another Microfcope, and-moiften d as before, there was 
one, whole Particles were not feparated upon drying, which I 
fuppofed to be, from the fplitting and tearing alunder of a 
large Membrane that run thro’ the middle of it, as may be 
feen in ( Fig . y) R. S. T. V. W where between S T. and V. 
the dried Particles remain unfeparated ; thefe being cut a little 
thicker appeared alfo of a darker hew, and if they had been 
fliced yet thicker would have appeared of a dark red. By 
S.W. is reprefented the thick Membrane dividing this piece, 
which was about the bignefs of a Hair ; this at T. fent out a 
Branch, and near W. is fplit into two, I apprehend that a 
great number of Blood-veflels are fpread over this Membrane, 
which by their finallnefs are not vifibie; for it is by thefe the 
Nourilhmentis convey 'd. Between R. S. and EL W. the ex- 
ceeding fine Membranes torn from the great are vifibie. 
/ s it not amazing that in fuch vaft Animals as a Whale, fuch 
exceeding fmall Fit>rillc fiiould be found ? nay, fuch they are in 
fmall Animals; and that the whole fifth Figure is notfo large 
as a courfe grain of Sand. 
This Whale was fo large, that the upper part of its Body 
yielded do Quarteels of Blubber cr Fat, which allowing 30 
Rotterdam Stopes (making each about 3 Englifh Quarts) to one 
Quarteel, it will nearly amount to 24000 Pound weight; be- 
fides, there is a very great deal of Fat about the Entrails. 
Then I caufed a very little piece, confiding only of five Fi~ 
brilU, to be drawn lengthwife, as they were feen thro’ the Mi- 
crofcope, as (in Fig 6.) A . B. C, C. E F. in which Figure at A . 
and a little at that place^t is divided into two FibrilU. Between C. 
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