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broken ofF,and left flicking therein ; and when I follow’d 
them into the under Parts, I found that they were three 
times as long as they had lain in the Skin 'that was ta*-^ 
ken ofi ; and they were alfo (fo far as it appeared to 
mej where they ended in a great number of veryfmall 
yeflcis, about tour times as thick as where they were 
fixed in the Skin. 
I have often thought with my felf, that asaecordinf^ 
to my Opinion the faid Particles were endued with a liS 
tie of the Juices of the Meat, which we name Taile, 
whether each of thefe Particles might not imbibe a fmall 
Quantity of thofe Juices,- and carry them on fofar, till 
they arrived at the exceeding fmall and flender Blood- 
Velfels, which v/e call Veins; and that thefe Juices are 
as it were, filtrated or Urain’d thro’ the Tunica’s of the 
Veins, and fo conveyed to the Heart ; and thus from the' 
Mouth does the Body enjoy a little Nourifliment ; but 
I fubmit this Thought of mine to the Judgment of the 
Honourable Society. 
Now if each of thofe Particles in the Mouth fliou’d 
derive down to the Body no more than the thoufandth 
partof a very fmall drop of Moiflure, or Juice of that 
Food which the Oxe Eats or Chews, in the fpace of an 
Hour, what a vail quantity of Nourifhment '^mull 
the Body receive from the Mouth in any- continued 
time ? ' ' 
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