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that they burft with a greater Force, and throw out a 
much larger Pulp, when thrown into a Depth o£ 
W ater. 
ThoThave been often obliged to fupply them with 
Water, yet I find the greateft Number always a & with 
the firft Water. I have often feen a Globule, thb it 
has been burft on one Side before, yet has burft a fe- 
cond time on the oppofite. Which feems to me as 
if the firft Aperture was inftantly clofed,. fo as not to 
emit again : For I have made it an Obfervation, that 
tho’ the Pulp is never thrown out at the fame Place 
a fecond time, yet the Globule, before it has done 
ading, fhall have had fo many Burfts, as to look like 
a Picture of a Bomb-Shell, with its various Difcharges 
before the Separation of its Parts. 
P. S. This is all I have been able to learn 5 but if 
any thing more falls under my Obfervation, you 
may depend on receiving an Account. 
Experiments and Obfervations on the Farina foe- 
cundans of the Paffion- Flower. 
nPHE Paffion Flower I look upon to be the fitted 
** Flower for Experiments on the Farina , of any*. 
Firft, as it is large, and long in Bloom: Secondly, as 
the Flower by its Nature preferves itfelf and its Fa - 
rina from Injury : For, no fooner is the Sun off of 
the Flower, but it gradually clofes up as the Sun de- 
clines, till the Fetala are fo clofe, as not to admit 
any but very violent Showers. This, with the Dif- 
pofition of the Farina , which is on the Infide of its 
Apex , when the Flower is clofed, likewife preferves 
it 
