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miring upon feeing her Husband take a Vomk; the Patient 
that took it being not mov’d, but forc'd to take a frefli 
Emetic. 
Some Hiftories are here related of the Macula Matern 4 . 
One particularly, of a Woman longing for Peas, but refufing 
to gratifie her defire, for fear of a fort of Bug, with which 
at that time mod of their Peas were infefted; this Womans 
Child, when born, had an Excrelcence on the Forehead, re- 
fembling one of thofe Peas, with a black Speck, as the 
buggy Peas had, which after fome time, dry’d away, and 
fhell’d out they fancy d, as the Bugs are obferv’d to leave 
the Husk of the| Pea. 
This Letter concludes with an account of a Stone, gene- 
rated under the Tongue, near the Root. 
The fifth Letter gives an account of fome won (Irons Births, 
but nothing very obfervable- 
The fixth Letter relates the Stories of fome Perfo.ns that 
had Informations of Medicines for the Diftempers they lay 
under, in their Dreams ;thefe Accounts relate little to Natu- 
ral Philofophy. 
The next, and laft to Dr. Woodward, relates the Cures of 
feveral Wounds in Perfons, which were judg’d mortal. In 
this little of Philofophical Information. 
The next Letter, being the firft to Mr. Waller, is dated 
at i Bofton, Nov. x 4. 1712. In this the Writer obferves, in 
the firft place, That the Indians ha*e no Divifion of Time, 
except by Sleeps, Moons and Winters. Altho’ the Indians 
have not divided or difiinguilhed the Stars into Conftellati- 
ons, yet it is obfervable that they call the Stars of Ur fa 
Major, Paukunawaw, that the Bear j and this long before 
they had any Communication with Europeans. He fays, 
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