thro’ length ways ^ and the Particles that lie near thom^ 
tire thofe that were cut a crofs. I did likewife 
- feparate the uppermoft thick Skin of the Tongue from the 
parts that lay under, as well as I was able, to the end I 
might difeover what thofe Particles were that were placed 
in the faid Openings 5 and at laft I difeover’d in the un- 
derlying Parts, a great number of long Particles, which I 
concluded to be as long, or fomething longer, than the 
thicknefs of the uppermoO: Skin, and time the Points of 
thofe long Particles were ftieathed into the fmall little 
Cavities or roundnelles, deferibed above by Fig. 3. K, 
L, M. 
From this appearance I alfo imagined to my felf, tha-C 
when we prefs our Tongues againd the R.cof of our* 
Mouth (in order to tafte any thing,) the aforementioned 
long Particles, the ends of which are exceeding flendcr,,, 
prefs thro’ the uppermoft Skin, which at that place is 
alfo very thin, (or to fpeak more properly, is endued 
with fmall Pores or Holes) and fo receives a little Juice ^ 
from all which proceeds fuch a fort of Senfacion, which 
wc call Tafte. 
Thefe long flender Particles appear'd fo numerous, as 
we view’d ’em thro’ a Microfeope, that no Grafs in the 
Field coil’d feem rliicker to the naked Eye. See Fig. 5. 
V,W.X,Y. and at firft they flood {freight up an End, but 
by growing dry, they affumed fuch crooked Figures asare 
reprefented between X and Y. 
Sometime ago a certain Gentleman related, as a very 
wonderful thing, that the ■ Oxen or Cows had their* 
Tongues armed with very (harp Particles ^ hut i told him 
that that muff neceffarily be fo, becaufe thofe Beafts had. 
no Teeth in the upper Mouth or Jaw, and therefore 
were forced to prefs the Grafs with t heir- Tongues a gain ft '' 
the Roofs of their Mouths, in order to break it to - 
piecesr. 
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