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I. ObferVations upon a Foetus, and the Tarts of Ge- 
- neratlon of a Sheep, In a Letter to the Royal 
Society, froyn Mr, Leeuwenhoek, K 5^ S. 
Tranflated from the Dutch by Dr, Sprengell, 
A Certain Butcher kept, about a League from 
this Town, leveral young Wethers at Grafs, 
with one Ewe, which within two Years time had 
twice lamb’d. This Ewe being very fat, he re- 
fblv’d to kill ; and to this end he brought it to ano- 
ther Paflure juft by the Town, where he had feveral 
other young W ethers ; but it happen’d, that among 
them there was one young Ram, which he judged to the 
be about twenty Weeks old ; this young Ram cover’d 
the Ewe in his prefence ; foon after which the Butcher 
kill’d the Ram, but left the Sheep about five Days 
longer in the Failure before he kill’d it ; out of which 
Sheep’s Belly he faid that he cut x8 Pounds of Fat. 
But obferving, upon opening the Ewe, that the Ute- 
rus was four times bigger than ordinary, he brought 
the Dternsy with the Ovaria, to me, afTuring me, that 
it was not yet quite five Days fince the young Ram 
had cover’d the Sheep, and that there was no other 
Ram thereabouts. 
This mterus I put in an earthen glaz’d Pan, and co- 
ver’d it over, in order to difTe<ft it next Morning, it 
being pretty late in the Evening when the Butcher 
brought it me. I then began firft to try to penetrate 
into the Womb from iht Vagina^ with the Point of a 
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