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tent, by the tranfverfal Fibres, ends in the oppofite 
Side, by an Extremity pendulous in the Belly, not far 
from the Jlms» 
The inner Coat of the Skin, juft as in the Females, 
is all covered with fmall whitiQi Bladders, turgid 
with Lymph, but lefs, in Proportion to the ieffer Bulk 
of the Worm, 
Moreover, we found under the wrinkled Canal a cer- 
tain whitifti Dud exprefted in Fig. 7 , and marked 
with the Letters Z?, firmly conneded to the afore- 
faid Inteftin by ' its fineft Part ^ but whofe Outlet or 
Origin, the Tendernefs of the Inteftin, and Finenefs 
of the Dud hindred us from tracing withExaditude. 
So much I humbly beg, Sir, you’ll not take amifs. 
Furthermore, *tis great Pity that the excellent Work 
of the moft illuftrious Count Marfillu of the Hifto- 
ry of the Sea, was fo inaccurately printed. We have 
thought it well worth our while, not only to make 
the Corredions and Additions it wanted, but alfo to 
draw up an Index of its Contents, which we intend 
for our own more commodious Ufe of that Book. To 
thefel add an Example thereof: And if it proves ac- 
ceptable, you mayexped, at a proper Time, the Fruits 
of another Labour, perhaps not lefs ufeful. 
It remains to wilh you all Profperity, and alfure 
you that I am, c. 
Jrom my Study in Bantzick, 
Deccmb. sd, 1716. 
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