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no Water flood in the Place at all. He faw their 
Stockings drawn off, and the Man’s Legs, which had 
never been uncovered before, were quite fair ; the 
Flelh, when preffed with his Finger, pitted a little, 
and the Joints played freely and without the leaft 
Stiffnefs : The other Parts were much decayed: What 
was left of their Cloaths (for People had cut away 
the greateft part to carry Home as a Curiofity) was 
firm and good ; the Woman had on a piece of new 
Serge, which feemed never the worfe. 
Thefe are all the Particulars of moment which 
my Friends, who faw them at this diftance of Time, 
are able to recollect. The Thing is certainly very 
remarkable, as there are no Means known (I believe) 
of preferving dead Bodies fo well. I leave People to 
pleafe themfelves, by making their own Obfervations 
upon it; though fometime or other, when I have 
Opportunity and Leifure to furnilli myfelf with the 
neceffary Experiments, I may trouble you again on 
this Subject. 
V. An Account , by Dr. Richard-Middleton 
Maffey, of a Dook^ entituled Locupletiflimi 
Reurm Naturalium Thefauri, accurata De- 
fcriptio , fsc. Vol. I. Amftel. 1734. in Fol. 
An exal J Defcription of the principal Curiofi - 
ties of Nature, in the large Mufeum of Alber- 
tus Seba, F. 5 ^. S. Vol I. Amfterdam, 1734. 
T HIS magnificent Work is to confift of four large • 
Folio Volumes. The ingenious, curious, and 
molt diligent Colledor, takes in all parts of Natural 
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