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’knows but in D and F there may be other (harp Particles 
Ihut up in them. 
In the Fnd Fig. by H, H, H, H, H, H, are reprefented 
ten Particles, in which theftiarp Points are placed, vyhich 
were partly cut off, and which appear’d to the Eye like 
To many Cavities 5 but which proceeds alone, in niy Opi- 
nion, from hence, that the Matter with which thole Parts 
were fill’d, was dryed in 5 for thofe Parts were not • 
drawn in by the Painter, but at the end of ieveral days 
after they were cut off f^rom the Tongue. ^ 
Forafmuch as thole Parts of the Tongue are not of 
equal bignefs, nor do hand equally clofe to one another, 
I caufed to be drawn another little piece of the upper 
part of the abovementioned Tongue, as you may fee in 
Fig> 12. where I, K, L, M, are thofe Partich s from | 
which the very lharp Points are cut off, andM, N, O, I, i 
the (harp-pointed Particles themfelves, which appear '■ 
here very plainly to the Eye. 1 
Now when I ftroked my Finger upwards and down- ' 
wards over that part of the Tongue, where the fore- 
meniioned pointed Parts are found in great number, in 
order to difeover the SharpnelTes thereof, I muft own, 
that I con’d perceive no more roughnefs than if I had 
been feeling a piece of Velvet. ‘ i 
Now when I perceived, that a great number of very 1 
ficnder and Qiarp pointed Particles had no hardnefs nor i 
ftiffnefs in them, I began to think whether thofe Parti- ' 
cles that are reprefented in Fig. 11. by H, H, H, or in j 
Fig, 1 2. by I, K, L, M, may not be flieathed up when | 
they are at reft, and forbear to exert their Sharpnefs, or» j 
to thruft themfelves out of the Skin, but only at fuch * 
times when the Senfation of Taft is to be excited ^for 
bow can one conceive, that fuch foft Parts-^ftlbuld be 
able to withftand all thofe Motions which are produced- ■' 
in them by the Tongue, both in eating and other Occa- 
fions : Moreover it came into my Thoughts, that when 
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