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which is upon the other Parts of the Body, Bat as I 
more nicely view’d the fcrap’d off Particles of the Skirt, 
I difcover’d in Come of the Particles (hort fmall Hairs, 
the Roots of which were (ticking outwards in that part 
which is joined to the Skin. 
The Particles that were fcrap’d off from the Skin of the 
Elephant, were crumbled into a9 fmall pieces as are de- 
fcrib’d by Figure i. A. B. C. D. E. A. was a Particle on 
■which there had been two Hairs, but by the Microfcope 
one might difcover four. 
When thefe Particles were fcrap’d off from the Skiri, 
fome -of ’em were thick, and as it were united to each 
other ^ but they were eafily divided into fuch Particles 
as are deferib’d by the aforefaid Fig. i. 
This yearly (bedding of. the Matter (hat is upon the 
Skin may be thus accounted for: When the time comes 
■that there is no Increafe of the Hair, but that it is, as 
it were, at a (land, as we fee in other Creatures that 
'(bed their Hair, the fame thing happens to the Ele- 
phant ; the Hair of which, as thin and as fhort as it is, 
ior the moft part falls off, and the encruftated Particles 
which (lick to the Skin muff alfo fall : And thofe Par- 
ticles lay as clofe to one another as if they were united, 
being furrounded with flattifh Sides in the manner they 
are (hewn by Figure C. upon which there was remain- ] 
ing a fmall Particle of Hair or Wooll. 
Having nicely view’d one of thofe Particles that are 
deferib’d by Figure i. I difcover’d on that fide which 
'Was next the Skin feveral little Holes, in fome of ’em 8, 
lo, 15, or more, according to the bignefs of the Par- 
ticle 5 but when I view’d the fame on that- fide which 
was fartheft from the Body, the (aid Holes were elofed : 
And l obfeiv’d in forr.e few of thofe Particles fmall Hairs 
(landing out, which run into an exceeding (lender Point, 
agreeing with the Hairs of other Creatures, whkjh are 
rubbed or cut off. 
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