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terdices of Air, becaufe then a cubic Inch of Air,, 
loaded with Vapour, would be made fpecificalJy 
heavier than an Inch of dry Air 5 which is contrary 
to Experiments, which fhew us by the Barometer, 
that Air which is moift, or full of Vapours, is always, 
lighter than dry Air. 
XI. An Account of Margaret Cutting, a young 
Woman, now Jiving at Wickham Market 
in Suffolk, who fpeaks readily and Intel ~ 
Jigibly , though floe has loft her Tongue . 
Read July i. A Brief Account of this young Wo- 
17+1 JljL mans Cafe, in a Letter from Mr. 
Benjamin Boddinpton , of Ipfwich, Turkey- Merchant, 
to Mr. Henry Baker , F.R. S. was communicated to 
the Royal Society in the Month of February 
lad, and appeared fo extraordinary, that Mr. Baker 
was defied to make all pofliblc Inquiries into the 
Reality of the Fa<d, and lay before the Society what 
Information he fhould receive in relation thereto. 
In purfuance of this, he wrote to Mr. Boddington ,. 
and begged the Favour of him to make the .drifted 
and mod critical Inquiry he was able into this Affair, 
not only by viewing the young Woman’s Mouth, and 
examining her himfelf, but alio by calling to his 
Affidance fome skilful Gentleman in the Phyiicai 
Way, and any other learned and judicious Perlon 
whom he might judge mod likely to contribute to- 
wards difeovering the real Truth, and detecting any 
Error, Fallacy, or impofition. He lik.ewife defired 
they 
