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T. S. As we have been fortunate in efcaping the 
lad Storm, we have been no lefs loin regard to the 
melancholy Effe&s which the great Rains have pro- 
duced in the more Southerly Parts; for tho’ we had 
more than ufua! with us the laft Month (for I 
find by my Regifter that 13 8y Pts. fell through 
my Funnel, whofe Area is juft ico Inches, in 'De- 
cember laft) yet the almoft conftant intermitting 
Frofts we had, kept it from going oft in any confi- 
derable Quantity at a time. 
VIII. An Account of the Bones of Ani- 
mals being changed to a Red Colour by 
Aliment onty. By John Belchier, 
Surgeon, F. R. S. 
HAT the Circulation of the Blood is carried 
on through the Bones, is evident from many 
Fhoenomena obfervable in Surgery ; but that the 
Circulation is univerfally and intimately diftributed 
through the moft folid and compact Sebftance of 
the Bones (tho* hitherto by fome made a Matter of 
Doubt) will appear undeniably from the Inftances 
here produced ; which are the Bones of feveral 
Hogs, of a different Breed, changed to a deep red 
Colour meerly by Aliment. And what makes this 
Inches. 
Barometer, greateft Altitude 30: 10 
lead ditto 29 : 13 
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