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That I might the better difeover the Figures of the 
Paid Matter, I endeavour’d to flit Tome of the Particles 
with a (harp Knife : But I found ’em fo hard, that a thin 
and (harp Penknife got notches in it, and its edge 
turn’d in the Attempt : So that I was forc’d to whet it 
again, till at lad I had flit fome to my mind $ which I 
did more eafily after I had deep’d them a little while in 
boiling Water. 
My defign in feparadng or dividing thefe Particles, 
was to fee if I could difeover in them any thing that 
was worth Notice ; But I could not 5 fave only, that in 
the difle&ing of fuch a Particle, I met with 25 fmall 
Sands' and then I did no longer wonder that it was fo 
hard in cutting, and made notches in my Knife. 
I took a (lice of one of the Particles deferib’d by Fi- 
gure 1. and which, as I faid before, had a great many 
Cavities or Holes in it , and placing the fame before a 
Microfcope, caufed it to be drawn, as you may fee in 
Figure 2. F. G. H. T. and fo it appear’d to the Painter, 
tho’ in my Eye it was larger : But I will not determine 
whether thefe little Holes were filled with Hairs when 
they were united’ to the Body, nor whether thofe Hairs 
(fuck fo fad in the Skin, as to remain there upon the 
Separation of the aforefaid Particles. 
I cut off a Slice from another Particle, and caufed that 
to be drawn alfofas you may fee in Figure 3. K.L.M.N. 
And this Particle appear’d very wonderful to me, con- 
fiding of 10 Circles ; each of which I fancied was pro- 
duced at a different time, and perhaps in a Month, ac- 
cording as the Matter was protruded from the Skin.- 
When I cut a Slice out of the middle of one of thofe 
Particles deferib’d by Figure 1. I could fee no Holes in 
it 5 no more could I, when I cut off any of the upper 
part, difeover the lead appearances that. are deferib’d in 
Fig. which was occafion’d perhaps by the Elephants 
tabbing or lying upon thofe Parts. 
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