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large flefliy prominent Ovum (as it is call’d) which 
might plainly be obferved without a Microfcope, 
whofc Bignels is likewife drawn in Fig. 5". at H I, upon 
which you may likewife oblerve a foialler round Body, 
and out of that again other flill fmaller round Bodies 
appear protuberant. After I had quite dried thele 
Eggs, reprefented in Fig. 3, 4 and 5*, I ftill oblerv’d 
more and more of the prominent round Bodies upon 
them, inlbmuch that upon one of them, I told fixteen 
round little Bodies, whereof fbme, by lofing all their 
Moifture, were liink in and had a Dent in the middle. 
Furthermore, I cut thefe Eggs, with a very fine fharp 
.Knife, into thin Slices, and then obferving them with 
a Microfcope, I faw Blood -Veflels in them, and alfb 
other forts of Veflels, which I did not take for Blood- 
VcfTels, and among the reft one fb big, that a Hair of 
ones Head might enter it, befides abundance of others 
exceeding frnall. After many Obfervations, I could 
think no otherwife,but that the fb call’d Eggs confifted 
of nothing but VefTels, and’ that the fuperfluous Moi- 
fture, which was fent to thefe Eggs, did not circulate 
(except only what was in the Blood- VefTels) and by 
overcharging the VefTels did elevate them into thefe 
• fmall Protuberances, and fbmetimes burfting them, 
did thereby leave a Dent in the middle; which Dent 
having been obferv’d by Tome' Perfbns, they firmly 
believ’d, that that was the Place where the Ovum was 
fuck’d out, from whence fprung the Foetus. I was 
very forty that I did not get this Uterus without its 
having been fqueez’d, for Ido not queftion, but that I 
might otherwife have plainly difcover’d all the Mem- 
bers of this Foetus., ftnce I could plainly obferve its 
Backbones even with the naked Eye, and that in a Foe- 
tus not of quite five Days Growth. I hope after this, 
nobody will pretend to fay, that the Animal inVtero 
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